And if Daphne were not already betrayed, she could no longer protect herself.

The issue was certain.

Such women as Chloe Fairmile are not to be baulked of what they desire.

Good women cannot fight them on equal terms.

And as to any attempt to keep the affections of a husband who could behave in such a way to the wife who had given him her youth, herself, and all the resources and facilities of life, Daphne's whole being stiffened into mingled anguish and scorn as she renounced the contest.