A vague sentiment of loyalty to her husband had caused her to add her married name.

She hated to see the two blazoned together on the title-page.
Sick at heart, she sat for hours brooding over what would happen if Roland was arrested.

The assizes held twice a year at Riversborough had been to her, as to many people of her position, an occasion of pleasurable excitement.

The judges' lodgings were in the next house to the Old Bank, and for the few days the judges were Roland Sefton's neighbors there had been a friendly interchange of civilities.

An assize ball was still held, though it was falling into some neglect and disrepute.