It will be enough for the present to relieve her mind.' 'Yes, I'll do that, Mrs.Ormonde, if I can write.' 'You will be able to, very soon.

It would frighten Lyddy, if the letter came to her written in a strange hand.' Mrs.Ormonde made up her mind not to let it be known that she was in communication with Thyrza.

Much was still dubious, but clearly it would be the wise course to avoid the possibility of Egremont's discovering Thyrza's place of abode.

For the sake of the long future, a little more must be borne in the present.

She had more than Thyrza's interests to keep in mind.