"He knew that if he lived he would be punished by imprisonment, so chose to kill himself rather than suffer such dishonour.

I believe he truly loved Lydia, certainly, but as he wanted the assurance money, I fancy he sinned quite as much for his own sake as for Lydia's." "No doubt; and I dare say Lydia loved him, after her own fashion; yet she seems to have forgotten him pretty soon, and--as you say--intends to marry a prince.

I don't envy his highness." "She has no heart, so I dare say she will be happy as such women ever are," said Diana contemptuously, "yet her happiness comes out of much evil.

If she had not married my father, her own would not now be in prison, nor would Count Ferruci and Rhoda be dead." "Ferruci, perhaps, might still be alive, and her husband," assented Lucian, "but I have my doubts about Rhoda.

She was a wicked, precocious little imp, that girl, and sooner or later would have come to a bad end.
The death of Clear was due to an accident, I admit; but Rhoda has still one person who laments over her, for, although Mrs.Bensusan knows the truth, she always thinks of that red-haired minx as a kind of martyr, who was led into wicked ways by Clyne, _alias_ Wrent." "I am sure Mrs.Clear doesn't think so." "Mrs.Clear has got quite enough to think about in remembering how narrowly she escaped imprisonment for her share in that shameful conspiracy.