Also she sent him word from me that I wanted no more of him.

How could he have believed it?
Well, the remorse of it has gone far to kill her.

If she was ever trying, it was because she had to take benefits from the woman she had wronged.

Poor unhappy Joan! She died in great love and peace with me." Fortunately, this time she did not look me in the eyes.

Such magnanimity was beyond me.
"It is very sweet to know," she went on dreamily, "that poor Luke came to me in his need.