"It's a pity you are not Mr. Palliser's wife. That's just what he has been saying."
"Oh, John, I am so happy. It is so much more than I have deserved. I hope,--that is, I sometimes think--"
"Think what, dearest?"
"I hope nothing that I have ever said has driven you to it."
"I'd do more than that, dear, to make you happy," he said, as he put his arm round her and kissed her; "more than that, at least if it were in my power."

"It's a pity you are not Mr. Palliser's wife. That's just what he has been saying."
"Oh, John, I am so happy. It is so much more than I have deserved. I hope - that is, I sometimes think-"
"Think what, dearest?"
"I hope nothing that I have ever said has driven you to it."
"I'd do more than that, dear, to make you happy," he said, as he put his arm round her and kissed her.
