Were Lord Arleigh twenty times a lord, he should not break his wife's heart in that cold, cruel fashion.
A sudden resolve came to Mrs.Dornham--she would go to Beechgrove and see him herself.

It he were angry and sent her away from Winiston House, it would not matter--she would have told him the truth.

And the truth that she had to tell him was that the separation was slowly but surely killing his wife..