I think he did wrong.

Don't you agree with me ?' Without heeding the question, Agnes rose abruptly from her chair.
'Do me one more kindness, Henry,' she said.

'Take me to the Countess at once.' Henry hesitated.

'Are you composed enough to see her, after the shock that you have suffered ?' he asked.
She trembled, the flush on her face died away, and left it deadly pale.
But she held to her resolution.

'You have heard of what I saw last night ?' she said faintly.
'Don't speak of it!' Henry interposed.