A peculiarly ugly thought visited her.

Was it possible that Scarby was the very place where the scandal had occurred?
She remembered now that, when she had first proposed that watering-place for their honeymoon, he had objected on the ground that Scarby was full of people whom he knew.

Besides, he had said, she wouldn't like it.

But whether she would like it or not, Anne, who had her bridal dignity to maintain, considered that in the matter of her honeymoon his wishes should give way to hers.

She was inclined to measure the extent of his devotion by that test.