There would have been chances of distinction.

I have hindered you, and I am very sorry.

Of course, you could not know that there was any possibility of your regiment going, but I can understand it is very hard for you to be left behind.

I blame myself." Feversham sat staring in front of him for a moment.

Then he said, in a voice suddenly grown hoarse:-- "You need not." "How can I help it?
I blame myself the more," she continued, "because I do not see things quite like other women.