Shame for an experience which seemed to her maiden sense indelible--both a weakness and a treachery--lay like a dull weight on heart and conscience.

But she would not realise it, she would not act upon it.

She shook the moral debate from her impatiently.

Aldous should have his due all in good time--should have ample opportunity of deciding whether he would, after all, marry such a girl as she.

Meanwhile his attitude with regard to the murder exasperated her.