He should be made to feel that to her--and to Burke--his welfare was a matter of importance.
She longed to know how Burke had fared upon his quest.

She yearned, even while she dreaded, to see the face which once had been all the world to her.

That he had ceased to fill her world was a fact that she frankly admitted to herself just as she realized that she felt no bitterness towards this man who had so miserably failed her.

Her whole heart now was set upon drawing him back from the evil paths down which he had strayed.

When that was done, when Guy was saved from the awful destruction that menaced him, then there might come time for other thoughts, other interests.