"Honest Folk, behold a
Mischievious Priest, which
For causing of strife
'Twixt man and wyfe
Hath made acquaintance
With Squire's horse-pond."
And so a female conspirator was added to the plot.
Mrs. Gaunt co-operated too, but, need I say, unconsciously.
She was unhappy, and full of regret at what she had said. She took herself severely to task, and drew a very unfavorable comparison between herself and Brother Leonard. "How ill," she thought, "am I fitted to carry out that meek saint's view. See what my ungoverned temper has done." So then, having made so great a mistake, she thought the best thing she could do was to seek advice of Leonard at once. She was not without hopes he would tell her to postpone the projected change in her household, and so soothe her offended husband directly.