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Elsie, after a long and sweeping talk with Polly Pleyden, accepted the invitation. Both agreed that Eustace Bylant was the husband for Gita-eventually. And, as it was out of the question for her to live alone any longer, Elsie was the one to clear his path.
"Not that I'll say a word to her," said the young author, whose brows still betrayed perplexity. "I told her once I'd never dare meddle with her sex-stream, and I meant it. But if she can fall in love with Eustace it would be an ideal marriage for her. He's everything she is not, and yet the differences are not the sort that antagonize, but complement. And he's just the _guide_ she needs-in every way. An impetuous passionate man would repel her from the start. I've seen them together once or twice, and I got the impression of a subtle bond between them, quite aside from books, or master and pupil, although, so far, of course, Gita regards him merely as a walking intelligence."