What is it ?" "Dishonor," said Madelene, with a long, steady look at her.
Adelaide paled slightly, but met her sister-in-law's level gaze.

"Yes," was all she said.
A silence; then Madelene: "Your problem, Del, is simple; is no problem at all, so far as Dory or Ross's wife is concerned; or the whole outside world, for that matter.

It's purely personal; it's altogether the problem of bringing pain and shame on yourself.

The others'll get over it; but can you ?" Del made no reply.

A moment later Arthur came; after dinner she left before he did, and so was not alone with Madelene again.