"It tells, you plainly that you need fear no embarrassment when you next meet Horace.

If words mean anything, those words mean that he will not claim from you the confidence which you have promised to repose in him.

On what condition is it possible for him to abstain from doing that?
On the one condition that you have ceased to represent the first and foremost interest of his life." Mercy still held firm.

"You are wronging Lady Janet," she said.
Julian smiled sadly.
"Try to look at it," he answered, "from Lady Janet's point of view.

Do you suppose _she_ sees anything derogatory to her in attempting to break off the marriage?
I will answer for it, she believes she is doing you a kindness.