But she had thought that the authority with which she would be invested on this occasion, the manifest right on her side, and the undeniable truth of her grand argument, that a wife should obey, would carry her, if not easily, still successfully through all difficulties.

It was probably the case that Lady Milborough when preparing for her visit, had anticipated a triumph.

But when she had been closeted for an hour with Mrs.Trevelyan, she found that she was not triumphant.

She was told that she was a messenger, and an unwelcome messenger; and she began to feel that she did not know how she was to take herself away.
"I am sure I have done everything for the best," she said, getting up from her chair.
"The best will be to send him back, and make him feel the truth." "The best for you, my dear, will be to consider well what should be the duty of a wife." "I have considered, Lady Milborough.

It cannot be a wife's duty to acknowledge that she has been wrong in such a matter as this." Then Lady Milborough made her curtsey and got herself away in some manner that was sufficiently awkward, and Mrs.Trevelyan curtseyed also as she rang the bell; and, though she was sore and wretched, and, in truth, sadly frightened, she was not awkward.