If only Mr. Thornton would restore her the lost friendship,--nay, if he would only come from time to time to cheer her father as in former days,--though she should never see him, she felt as if the course of her future life, though not brilliant in prospect, might lie clear and even before her. 
If only Mr. Thornton would restore her the lost friendship - or only come from time to time to cheer her father - though she should never see him, she felt as if the course of her future life, though not brilliant in prospect, might lie clear and even before her.
