'Am I to go?' said Mrs Trevelyan to her sister. But Nora said never a
word. She sat perfectly fixed, not turning her eyes from the object on
which she was gazing.
'Pray, pray do,' said Hugh.
'I cannot think that it will be for any good,' said Mrs Trevelyan; 'but
I know that she may be trusted. And I suppose it ought to be so, if you
wish it.'
'I do wish it, of all things,' said Hugh, still standing up, and almost
turning the elder sister out of the room by the force of his look and
voice. Then, with another pause of a moment, Mrs Trevelyan rose from
her chair and left the room, closing the door after her.
Hugh, when he found that the coast was clear for him, immediately began
his task with a conviction that not a moment was to be lost. He had
told himself a dozen times that the matter was hopeless, that Nora had
shown him by every means in her power that she was indifferent to him,
that she with all her friends would know that such a marriage was out
of the question; and he had in truth come to believe that the mission
which he had in hand was one in which success was not possible.
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