Do you think it an outrage on decency for a wife to run away from a mad husband whom they won't shut up, and take shelter with a friend?
Is that the cause?
Mr.
Forth is an old friend of mine.

I would trust my daughter with him in a desert, and stake my hand on his honour.' 'Oh, Lady Jocelyn!' cried Evan.

'Would to God you might ever have said that of me! Madam, I love you.

I shall never see you again.

I shall never meet one to treat me so generously.