In her reflections upon her own conduct she had never blamed
herself, but she had more than once thought that he was greatly to be
pitied. To have married him six months ago, when she was fully conscious
that she did not love him, would have been very wrong; and to have gone
back at a later period, when she realized that her whole life was full of
her love for John Harrington, would have been a crime. But in spite of
that she was often very sorry for Ronald, and feared that she had hurt his
happiness past curing. Now, therefore, when she saw how much he loved
another, she was exceedingly glad, for she knew that the thing she had
done had been wholly good, both for him and for her.
They soon began to talk of other things, but the conversation fell back to
the discussion of Newport, and Joe learned with some surprise that Pocock
Vancouver assiduously cultivated Ronald's acquaintance, and was always
ready to do anything in the world that Ronald desired. It appeared that
Vancouver lent Ronald his horses at all times, and was apparently
delighted when Ronald would take a mount and stay away all day.
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