He could not rid himself of his jealousy, but he tried with all his might to make the man whom he hated the object of it, rather than the woman whom he loved.
He hated Colonel Osborne with all his heart.

It was a regret to him that the days of duelling were over, so that he could not shoot the man.

And yet, had duelling been possible to him, Colonel Osborne had done nothing that would have justified him in calling his enemy out, or would even have enabled him to do so with any chance of inducing his enemy to fight.

Circumstances, he thought, were cruel to him beyond compare, in that he should have been made to suffer so great torment without having any of the satisfaction of revenge.

Even Lady Milborough, with all her horror as to the Colonel, could not tell him that the Colonel was amenable to any punishment.