"I beg," says Sir Leicester in a breathless condition, "that we may not comment further on this circumstance. Comment is superfluous. My Lady, let me suggest in reference to that young woman--"
"I have no intention," observes my Lady from her window in a low but decided tone, "of parting with her."
"That was not my meaning," returns Sir Leicester. "I am glad to hear you say so. I would suggest that as you think her worthy of your patronage, you should exert your influence to keep her from these dangerous hands. You might show her what violence would be done in such association to her duties and principles, and you might preserve her for a better fate. You might point out to her that she probably would, in good time, find a husband at Chesney Wold by whom she would not be--" Sir Leicester adds, after a moment's consideration, "dragged from the altars of her forefathers."

"I beg," says Sir Leicester, breathless, "that we may not comment further on this circumstance. My Lady, let me suggest in reference to that young woman-"
"I have no intention," observes my Lady from her window, "of parting with her."
"That was not my meaning," returns Sir Leicester. "I am glad to hear you say so. I would suggest that as you think her worthy of your patronage, you should exert your influence to keep her from these dangerous hands. You might point out to her that she probably would, in good time, find a husband at Chesney Wold."
