Her fidelity turned in an instant to bitter hatred and he saw that she would betray him. He tied her up, therefore, that she might have no chance of warning Sir Henry, and he hoped, no doubt, that when the whole country-side put down the baronet's death to the curse of his family, as they certainly would do, he could win his wife back to accept an accomplished fact and to keep silent upon what she knew.
Owego wieczora, przed przybyciem sir Henryka na obiad, wśród małżonków wynikła sprzeczka. Beryl nazwała męża zbrodniarzem; rozwścieczony, chcąc ją dotknąć boleśnie, oznajmił jej, że kocha inną.