What would Anthony say and do?
How would he comport himself?
Would he yield and sign the recantation, and join in the act of humiliation and penance, or would he at the last stand firm and refuse compliance?
Which choice did she wish him to make?
Could she bear to see him treated as an outcast and heretic--he, her faithful, devoted Anthony?
But would he ever be quite the same in her eyes, if he, to save himself from the pains and penalties which beset him, drew back and denied those things which he believed?
She knew not what to think, what to wish.

She paced the house and garden with restless steps, and when Arthur came at last, her agitation was so great that she could not speak a word.
But her face was eloquent of her emotion, and he kept her not a moment in suspense.
"All has gone well," he answered, "with Anthony as with the rest.
They were gently handled and fairly spoken.

The confession of faith demanded of them was such as no Christian man could hesitate to make.

They were admonished for disobedience, but the errors with which they were charged were not sternly pressed home.

They were asked if they desired to be reconciled and restored to communion; and on affirming that they did, they were only bidden to take part in the public act of penance of which they had already heard.