They acknowledged that their objects were different.

That of Alice was to save Lady Glencora from ruin.

That of Miss Palliser was to save her cousin from disgrace,--with perhaps some further honest desire to prevent sorrow and sin.

One loved Lady Glencora, and the other clearly did not love her.

But, nevertheless, Alice felt that Miss Palliser, in coming to her, had acted well, and that to herself this coming had afforded immense relief.