How could I help it?
And please be kind to me: God has been in giving me your son." Ah, if she had only said: "I shall love you because I love him!" But there was doubt, haunting doubt.

If the glamour of married life wore out, and the craving for publicity returned, this woman might easily wreck her son's life and the lives of those who loved him.
She was very glad when the service came to an end and the stir and rustle announced the departure of the congregation.
At the door she found Mrs.Franklyn-Haldene.

She rather expected to find her.

They were enemies of old.
"Shall I congratulate you ?" asked the formidable person.
Many of the congregation stopped.

They hadn't the courage of Mrs.
Franklyn-Haldene, but they lacked none of her curiosity.
"You may, indeed," returned Mrs.Bennington serenely.