"There is but _one_ thing to be done, Fanny. I must take Anhalt myself. I am well aware that nothing else will quiet Tom."
Fanny could not answer him.
"It is not at all what I like," he continued. "No man can like being driven into the _appearance_ of such inconsistency. After being known to oppose the scheme from the beginning, there is absurdity in the face of my joining them _now_, when they are exceeding their first plan in every respect; but I can think of no other alternative. Can you, Fanny?"
"No," said Fanny slowly, "not immediately, but-"

"I must take Anhalt myself, Fanny. Nothing else will quiet Tom."
Fanny could not answer him.
"It is not what I like," he continued, "but I can think of no other alternative. Can you, Fanny?"
"No," said Fanny slowly, "not immediately, but-"
