John Oliver Hobbes

“ The only trouble is, that she refuses to listen. I have tried to be patient, and I hope I have not spoken harshly. But I must do my duty whether she understands it or not. The quarrel has arisen — I fear we must call it a quarrel—about a question of duty—of honour. ”

“ But we are nowhere taught that duty is invariably delightful. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," said Jane.
When she looked again, he was gone. And she was sorry; for he had a winning countenance [4] . If she had never seen De Boys she would have thought him ideally handsome. But De Boys was a king to him— although he was poor and not a person one might wear in a locket [5] ! ”