Will, however, having given that annihilating pinch, was rather ashamed, imagining from Dorothea's silence that he had offended her still more; and having also a conscience about plucking the tail-feathers from a benefactor.
But there still remained the other one, the really annihilating effect of the expense on the nest-eggs, and especially on Mrs.
Between the annihilating fierceness of personal ambition and those who clutter its path, there is only one possible mediator, and that is love.
