"Besides, it is absurd, for I
shall never love any one else."
"We shall see; but of course if you never do, we shall always be just the
same as we are now."
"Well--that would not be so bad, you know," said Ronald with a certain air
of resignation.
After this conversation Ronald became reconciled to the situation. Joe's
remark that he would be able to love some one else very much without
being--any the less fond of herself made him reflect, and he came to the
conclusion that the case was conceivable after all. He therefore agreed
within himself that he would think no more about the matter for the
present, but would take what came in his way, and trust that Joe would
ultimately change her mind. But he went to Mrs. Wyndham's that evening
with a firm determination to dislike John Harrington to the best of his
ability.
A middle-aged man with red hair! Five-and-thirty was undoubtedly middle-
age. Short, too. But Joe had blushed, and there was no doubt about it;
this was the man who had won her affections.
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