He had condemned her and had no doubt punished her to the extent of his power.

And if he could be brought to see that he had done this unjustly, then certainly must he beg her pardon.

And when he considered it all, he had to own that her intimacy with his uncle and his wife had not been so much of her seeking as of theirs.
It grieved him now that it should have been so, but so it was.

And after all this,--after the affectionate surrender of herself to his wife's caprices which the woman had made,--he had turned upon her and driven her away with ignominy.

That was all true.