Part 3, Chapter 4: The Departure for France

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​⁠Gwenna sat, for the first time in her life, in an aeroplane.

She had very little actual notion of how she came to be there. It was all confused in her mind, that which had happened between Mr. Ryan's so resolute "Can't be done, Mrs. Dampier," and its having been "done." What had prevailed? Her own begging? Mr. Ryan's wish to see his girl? Or her, Gwenna's, calm assurances, repeated from that day in