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He had not breadth of genius enough to
suggest to himself that yet another woman might be found. There was a
difficulty on the French score even about Miss Stanbury; but it was
clear to him that, failing her, he was due to one of the two Miss
Frenches. Now it was not only that the Miss Frenches were empty-handed,
but he was beginning to think himself that they were not as nice as
they might have been in reference to the arrangement of their
head-gear. Therefore, having given much thought to the matter, and
remembering that he had never yet had play for his own eloquence with
Dorothy, he had come to Miss Stanbury asking that he might have another
chance. It had been borne in upon him that he had perhaps hitherto
regarded Dorothy as too certainly his own, since she had been offered
to him by her aunt as being a prize that required no eloquence in the
winning; and he thought that if he could have an opportunity of
amending that fault, it might even yet be well with his suit. So he
prepared himself, and asked permission, and now found himself alone
with the young lady.


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