She had not forgiven him, she never would forgive him: that was all he had gained.

She thought she had forgiven him; she believed she didn't care; and as she was both very generous and very proud these convictions represented a certain reality.

But whether or no the event should justify him he would virtually have done her a wrong, and the wrong was of the sort that women remember best.

As Osmond's wife she could never again be his friend.

If in this character she should enjoy the felicity she expected, she would have nothing but contempt for the man who had attempted, in advance, to undermine a blessing so dear; and if on the other hand his warning should be justified the vow she had taken that he should never know it would lay upon her spirit such a burden as to make her hate him.