If love was not to be my portion, I felt I might as well do all I could for the old name--the old place." "And your wife?
Was that honourable towards _her ?"_ She smiles, but her smile is a sneer.

"After all, she would not care," says she.
"She carried her point! She has compelled you to raise her from the mud to the sky!" Rylton draws back suddenly.

All at once recollection comes to him.
His wife! Yes, Tita _is_ his wife, and honour binds him to her.

He drops Mrs.Bethune's hand.
"I have been quite honourable," says he coldly.

"I arranged matters with her.