With heroic bravery she endeavored to reward her husband by little acts of thoughtful kindness greeting his return from the turmoil of political struggles.

Pleasing surprises often met his eye when least expected.

Many pretty trinkets made expressly for his use, by the fair hands of Lady Rosamond, were placed in careless profusion around his private apartments.

These trifling incidents were an hundredfold more worth to Gerald Bereford than the most well-timed and flattering acknowledgments of the many who daily courted his friendship.
Thus did her ladyship strive to make amends to her husband without having recourse to deceit.

She returned his caresses, not with a fervent love, but with a feeling that such generous love exacted her sympathy.
In the tenderness of her heart some recompense must be made.