The Woodlanders

These remarks checked her intention. There was a sense of weakness in

following them by saying that she had just met her husband by

appointment. "Then you would advise me not to communicate with him?"

she observed.

"I shall never advise ye again. You are your own mistress--do as you

like. But my opinion is that if you don't live with him, you had

better live without him, and not go shilly-shallying and playing

bopeep. You sent him away; and now he's gone. Very well; trouble him

no more."

Grace felt a guiltiness--she hardly knew why--and made no confession.