"I wouldn't stand in Mr.Julian's shoes for something," he thought, with his mind running on the difficulties of the young clergyman's position.
"There she is along with him in the cab.

What is he going to do with her after that ?" Julian himself, if it had been put to him at the moment, could not have answered the question.
***** Lady Janet's anxiety was far from being relieved when Mercy had been restored to her senses and conducted to her own room.
Mercy's mind remained in a condition of unreasoning alarm, which it was impossible to remove.

Over and over again she was told that the woman who had terrified her had left the house, and would never be permitted to enter it more; over and over again she was assured that the stranger's frantic assertions were regarded by everybody about her as unworthy of a moment's serious attention.

She persisted in doubting whether they were telling her the truth.

A shocking distrust of her friends seemed to possess her.