The Countess was right in her judgement of Juliana's love.

Juliana looked very little to his qualities.

She loved him when she thought him guilty, which made her conceive that her love was of a diviner cast than Rose was capable of.

Guilt did not spoil his beauty to her; his gentleness and glowing manhood were unchanged; and when she knew him as he was, the revelation of his high nature simply confirmed her impression of his physical perfections.

She had done him a wrong; at her death news would come to him, and it might be that he would bless her name.