The peril was greater now, the difficulties more arduous to overcome; that she clearly understood.

But she took the one success as an augury that another might follow it.

Feversham would have laid his plans with care; he had money wherewith to carry them out; and, besides, she was a woman of strong faith.

But she was relieved to know that the sender of the third feather could never be approached.

Moreover, she hated him, and there was an end of the matter.
Durrance was startled.