In his favor was his disposition. He was a man of
great determination, and once he set about doing something he was not
an easy man to turn aside, and now that, for the first time in his
life, he found himself baffled at every point, and by a heroine of no
very great literary importance, he became more determined than ever.
"I'll conquer yet," he said to me, a week or so later; but the
weariness with which he spoke made me fear that victory was afar off.
"I've no doubt of it--ultimately," I answered, to encourage him; "but
don't you think you'll stand a better chance if you let her rest for
a while, and then steal in upon her unawares, and catch her little
romance as it flies? She is apparently nerved up against you now,
and the more conscious she is of your efforts to put her on paper,
the more she will rebel. In fact, her rebelliousness will become
more and more a matter of whim than of principle, unless you let up
on her for a little while. Half of her opposition now strikes me as
obstinacy, and the more you try to break her spirit, even though you
do it gently, the more stubborn will she become.
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