But the marriage must first be over, and must be brought about at all costs.
In her life she had never spoken an untruth for her own advantage.

Now, as she spoke, the sense that her course was chosen gave her courage.
She looked Gilbert at length boldly in the face.

His confidence in her was so great that, his own desires aiding, he believed her to the full.
Thyrza's suffering, he said to himself, had not the grave meaning he had feared; it was something that must be sacred from his search.
So much power was there in Lydia's word, uttered for her sister's saving.
All day long it rained.

Gilbert did not go from the house.

He wrestled with hope, which was still only to be held by persistent effort.
Sunshine would have aided him, but all day he looked upon a gloomy, wet street.