Then she had as it were relapsed into the hands of Lord Nidderdale,--one of her early suitors,--and had felt that as love was not to prevail, and as it would be well that she should marry some one, he might probably be as good as any other, and certainly better than many others. 
Then she had as it were relapsed into the hands of Lord Nidderdale, and felt that he would probably be as good as any other. 