The instance was typical.

And now, though tempted by every motive that can tempt a woman, she had abandoned herself to unimagined trials rather than seek her own welfare at another's expense.

To fulfil her promise had been beyond her power, but, if there must be suffering, she would share it.

And now, in that wretched exile, he knew that self-pity could not absorb her.

She would think of him constantly, and of such thought would come compassion and repentance.