"Kitty—you needn't be afraid. The more you love him the more I shall love you."
"Did—did his wife love him? Oh, ought I to have asked you that?"
Jane shook her head.
"I'm not sure that I ought to tell you."
"She didn't, then?"
"Oh yes, she did, poor little thing. She loved him all she could."
"And it wasn't enough?"
"No, I don't think it was, quite. There was something wanting. But I don't think Robert ever knew it."
"He knows it now," said Kitty. Her voice lifted with the pride of passion.