She must formally refuse to return when the demand asking her to do so should come.

This she was prepared to carry out.

She firmly and determinedly banished all thought of Michael from her mind, and hardly ever went into the garden summer-house--because, when she did, she saw him too plainly standing there in his white flannels, with the sprig of her lavender in his coat and his bold blue eyes looking up at her with their horribly powerful charm.

The force of will can do such wonders that, as the days went on, the pain and unrest of her hours lessened in a great degree.
Every morning there came an adoring letter from Henry, in which he never said too much or too little, but everything that could excite her cultivated intelligence and refresh her soul.

In all the after years of her life, whatever might befall her, these letters of Henry's would have a lasting influence upon her.