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The Country House

CHAPTER IX
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In technical language, any such forgiveness or overlooking is called condonation, and it is a complete bar to further action for the time being.

The Court is very jealous of this principle of non-forgiveness, and will regard with grave suspicion any conduct on the part of the offended party which might be construed as amounting to condonation.

I fear that what your ward tells me will make it altogether inadvisable to apply for a divorce on any evidence that may lie in the past.

It is too dangerous.

In other words, the Court would almost certainly consider that she has condoned offences so far.


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