She had given "Tom," as she calls him, a safe lead.
And yet--and yet! Her face comes back to him.

Could he accuse that face of falsehood?
And another thing: If she and that cousin of hers were in collusion, would they have so openly defied him, as it were?
No; it is out of the question.

So far as she goes, at all events, there is nothing to complain of.

That she is indifferent to him--her husband--is, of course, beyond question.

He himself had arranged all that beforehand--before his marriage.