Which subtle tribute to what was her greatest charm accomplished its end; she did forget the stranger.
But he did not; he knew what was before him and prepared himself for the inevitable meeting which would be followed by--what?
Not by what he had every right to expect and evidently did.

Ermentrude had learned all she would both of this marriage and of the woman who had supplanted her, and had made her resolve.

This he saw as they came together in the isolation of a quiet corner of the Park, and so was not greatly surprised, though a little moved, as after the first few words, and with an earnest look, she said: "I am your wife, I, Ermentrude Roberts, married to you in the sight of God and man.

I cannot prove it, but as you once said, our hearts know it and will continue to know it as long as either of us lives.

But I am not going to obtrude my claims upon you, Carleton, or stand like a specter in your path.