I am glad I was wrong." So was Dorothy glad.
"Everybody be off to bed," said Sir George.

"Ben Shaw, see that the braziers are all blackened." Dorothy, Madge, and Lady Crawford returned to the latter's room, and Sir George and I entered after them.

He was evidently softened in heart by the night's adventures and by the mistake he supposed he had made.
A selfish man grows hard toward those whom he injures.

A generous heart grows tender.

Sir George was generous, and the injustice he thought he had done to Dorothy made him eager to offer amends.