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Though Marian feared the result, she was glad when Jasper made up
his mind to write to her father. Since it was determined that her
money could not be devoted to establishing a review, the truth
ought to be confessed before Yule had gone too far in nursing his
dangerous hope. Without the support of her love and all the
prospects connected with it, she would hardly have been capable
of giving a distinct refusal when her reply could no longer be
postponed; to hold the money merely for her own benefit would
have seemed to her too selfish, however slight her faith in the
project on which her father built so exultantly. When it was
declared that she had accepted an offer of marriage, a sacrifice
of that kind could no longer be expected of her. Opposition must
direct itself against the choice she had made. It would be stern,
perhaps relentless; but she felt able to face any extremity of
wrath. Her nerves quivered, but in her heart was an exhaustless
source of courage.
That a change had somehow come about in the girl Yule was aware.
He observed her with the closest study day after day.
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