What I suffered under the forced necessity for remaining passive at that crisis in my life no words of mine can tell.

It will be better if I go on with my narrative.
Benjamin was the first to ask me what had passed between my husband and myself.
"You may speak freely, my dear," he said.

"I know what has happened since you have been in Major Fitz-David's house.

No one has told me about it; I found it out for myself.

If you remember, I was struck by the name of 'Macallan,' when you first mentioned it to me at my cottage.
I couldn't guess why at the time.