A husband without suspicions--" "Emily," exclaimed Nora Rowley, "how can you say such things,--on purpose to provoke him ?" "Yes; on purpose to provoke me," said Trevelyan.
"And have I not been provoked?
Have I not been injured?
You say now that you have not suspected me, and yet in what condition do I find myself?
Because an old woman has chosen to talk scandal about me, I am placed in a position in my own house which is disgraceful to you and insupportable to myself.

This man has been in the habit of coming here on Sundays, and will, of course, know that we are at home.

You must manage it as you please.

If you choose to receive him, I will go up-stairs." "Why can't you let him come in and go away, just as usual ?" said Nora.
"Because Louis has made me promise that I will never willingly be in his company again," said Mrs.Trevelyan.

"I would have given the world to avoid a promise so disgraceful to me; but it was exacted, and it shall be kept." Having so spoken, she swept out of the room, and went up-stairs to the nursery.