But a past that is buried alive is a difficult ghost to lay, and he
feared Jane would not be satisfied until she had opened the dismal
grave of their dead happiness again--and perhaps again and again. He set
his lips straight and firm during this reflection, and said something of
which only the last four words were audible, "Thy grace is sufficient."
However, there was no trace of a disposition to resume a painful
argument in Jane's words or attitude. She looked pale from headache and
wakefulness, but was dressed with her usual care, and was even more than
usually solicitous about his comfort and satisfaction. Still John
noticed the false note of make-believe through all her attentions and he
was hardly sorry when she ended a conversation about Harry's affairs by
a sudden and unexpected reversion to her own. "John," she said, with
marked interest, "I was telling you last night about my visit to Hatton
Hall while you were in London. You interrupted and then left me. Have
you any objections to my finishing the story now? I shall not go to
Hatton Hall again and as mother declines to tell her own fault, it is
only fair to me that you know the whole truth.
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