"I believe it. I believe it as I believe in my own love for you. I trust your love implicitly, Alice. I know that you love me. I think I can read your mind. Tell me that I may return to Cambridgeshire, and again plead my cause for an early marriage from thence. I will not take such speech from you to mean more than it says!"
She sat quiet, looking at him--looking full into his face. She had in nowise changed her mind, but after such words from him, she did not know how to declare to him her resolution. There was something in his manner that awed her,--and something also that softened her.

"I believe it. I trust your love implicitly, Alice. Tell me that I may again plead my cause for an early marriage!"
She sat quiet, looking at him. She had not changed her mind, but she did not know how to declare her resolution to him. There was something in his manner that awed her, and also softened her.
