She always regarded that sudden coming upon him in the lane as a revelation.
And this conversation remained graven in her mind as one of the letters of the law.
Now she stood with him and for him.

When, about this time, he outraged the family feeling at Willey Farm by some overbearing insult, she stuck to him, and believed he was right.

And at this time she dreamed dreams of him, vivid, unforgettable.

These dreams came again later on, developed to a more subtle psychological stage.
On the Easter Monday the same party took an excursion to Wingfield Manor.

It was great excitement to Miriam to catch a train at Sethley Bridge, amid all the bustle of the Bank Holiday crowd.