He could not speak of them; he had no right to do so.
If Thyrza on her part told all about it--why, that would make it, for him, still more unpleasant.

And Thyrza was not likely to do that; he felt assured of it.

Precisely; that meant that henceforth there would be a secret understanding between himself and Gilbert's wife.

Most certainly he desired nothing of the kind.
A weak way of putting it.

Walter dreaded anything of the kind.