But I see there's something more.' She stood before him like one guilty.

His calmness was terrible to her.
She seemed to feel in herself all the anguish which he was repressing.
He continued: 'You told me yesterday morning that Thyrza still wished to marry me.
This note shows me why you said that, and in what sense you meant it.

I don't blame you, Lydia; you were loyal to your sister.

But I must ask you something else now, and your answer must be the simple truth.

Does Thyrza love Mr.Egremont ?' 'Yes, Gilbert.' She said it with failing voice, and, as soon as she had spoken, burst into tears.
'Oh, I have broken the promise I made to my dear one! The last thing she asked, and perhaps I shall never see her again! What could I do, Gilbert?
If I kept it back, you'd have thought there was something worse.