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Many reserves she had from him and from every one. The most
intimate agony was for her alone, and she kept it in her soul as the
priest keeps the Sacred Host in its tabernacle. But some of her grief
she showed in her letters, and some of her desire for comfort. And
without any definite intention, she indicated to her subtle and
devoted friend the only way in which he could console her.
For once, driven by his emotion, he took that way.
He allowed Hermione to believe that he agreed with her in the
conception she had formed of her husband's love for her. It was
difficult for him to do this, for he had an almost cruel passion for
truth, and generally a clear insight into human character. Far less
than many others would have condemned did he, in his mind, condemn the
man who was dead for the sin against love that he had committed. He
had understood Maurice as Hermione had not understood him, and
knowledge is full of pardon. But though he could pardon easily he
could not easily pretend.


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