The whole truth is not here--not even suggested here--and let me add that the half truth on this occasion is cruel.
One thing is ignored in the book.

Under all the ridiculousness, under all the wickedness even of such men and women, lies _a cause_, a right inherent, a wrong committed.

The cant presupposes a doctrine, and the pretension a real heroism.

Your best people (in your book) seem to have no notion of this.

Your heroine deserves to be a victim, not because she was rash and ignorant, but because she was selfish and foolish.