If death had parted us, the trial would have been easier to bear." She turned her sad eyes to him.
"It is very cruel," she said, with a shudder.

"I did not think the duchess would be so cruel." "It is more than that--it is infamous!" he cried.

"It is vengeance worthier of a fiend than of a woman." "And I loved her so!" said the young girl, mournfully.

"Husband, I will not reproach you--your love was chivalrous and noble; but why did you not let me speak freely to you?
I declared to you that no doubt ever crossed my mind.

I thought you knew all, though I considered it strange that you, so proud of your noble birth, should wish to marry me.