I could never care for anyone as I care for you, Tommy." She was speaking unselfishly; she meant to imply delicately that the doctor's defection need not make Tommy think her unhappy.

"Are you glad ?" she asked.
He said Yes bravely.

Elspeth, he was determined, should never have the distress of knowing that for her sake he was giving up the one great joy which life contains.

He was a grander character than most.

Men have often in the world's history made a splendid sacrifice for women, but if you turn up the annals you will find that the woman nearly always knew of it.
He told Grizel what Aaron had said and what Elspeth had said.