He seemed to belong to me, and I should have resented any interference with my rights.

But I did not dread any.

I knew, though I took little pleasure in the knowledge, that he loved me with all his good and manly heart; and it never seemed a possibility that he could change.
The simple selfishness of young women in these matters is appalling.
Richard was mine by right of conquest, and I owed him no gratitude for the service of his life.

That other was the lord who had the right inalienable over me.

I bent myself in the dust before him.