enthralling

Hi,
The structure of the underlined sentence, quoted from "The Leavenworth Case" by Anna Katherin, seems very strange to me. How can I rearrange it to become clearer?
"It was lightly said, and lightly meant, for she did not even wait for my
reply. But its seed sank deep into our two hearts for all that. And for
the next few days I spent my time in planning how I should manage,


Thanks in advance!

This was published in 1878, so obviously it’s not the sort of prose that would be used today.

lingobingo said:

This was published in 1878, so obviously it’s not the sort of prose that would be used today.

… if it should ever fall to my lot to conduct to a successful issue so enthralling a piece of business as an elopement.​

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… if I ever found myself in the position of needing to organise something as exciting as an elopement.​

Thank you! This sounds clearer now.