“And you forgive them?”
“I do: they cannot hurt us now.”
Robert was but striving to master some comprehension of her character.
“What are we to resolve, Rhoda?”
“I must get the money promised to this man.”
“When he has flung off his wife at the church door?”
“He married my sister for the money. He said it. Oh! he said it. He shall not say that we have deceived him. I told him he should have it. He married her for money!”
“You should not have told him so, Rhoda.”
“I did, and I will not let my word be broken.”
“Pardon me if I ask you where you will get the money? It's a large sum.”