She had twice ridden to Overhaddon to meet him.

She had done for his sake that which she knew she should have left undone, and he had refused the offering.

A smarting conscience, an aching heart, and a breast full of anger were Dorothy's rewards for her evil doing.

The day after her second futile trip to Overhaddon, I, to test her, spoke of John.

She turned upon me with the black look of a fury, and hurled her words at me.
"Never again speak his despised name in my hearing.