"It is very different in your case.

You forfeited the position of daughter of the house when you married.

But I have always occupied my old place, and my old room." This was a sore subject.

On Lady Belstone's return as a widow, to the home of her fathers, she had been torn with anxiety and indecision regarding her choice of a sleeping apartment.

Sentiment dictated her return to her former bedroom; but she was convinced that the married state required a domicile on the first floor.