ruefully at how little privacy his wooing had had.  He said he
thought that either Stapleton or himself must be crazy, and he
could not understand why the man objected to his intimacy with his
sister, which he felt had been growing closer on both sides,
despite her refusal to talk of love.
She still talked about danger, but Sir Henry had replied that if she
really wanted him to leave then she should go with him. He had offered
in as many words to marry her, but before she could answer her brother
had come running at them like a madman. They had exchanged hot words.
Stapleton had accused Sir Henry of using his position to take advantage
of his sister, and Sir Henry had replied that he was offering to marry
her. I confess myself that I could not see any reason why Stapleton
should reject Sir Henry's advances to his sister.
