And says he, 'If I have anything to forgive Grizel for, I forgive her willingly.' And syne she quieted down and wrote the letter." Forgive her! Oh, how it enraged Grizel! How like the Tommy of old to put it in that way.

There never had been a boy so good at forgiving people for his own crimes, and he always looked so modest when he did it.

He was reclining on his chairs at this moment, she was sure he was, forgiving her in every sentence.

She could have endured it more easily had she felt sure that he was seeing himself as he was; but she remembered him too well to have any hope of that.
She put on her bonnet, and took it off again; a terrible thing, remember, for Grizel to be in a state of indecision.

For the remainder of that day she was not wholly inactive.