Having so gone with her, it was no doubt right that he should be rejected;--for how can it be that a man who is engaged shall be allowed to travel about the country with another woman to whom also he was engaged a few months back? But still there might be hardship in it. To her, to Hetta herself, the circumstances were very hard. She loved the man with all her heart. She could look forward to no happiness in life without him. But yet it must be so.

Having done so, it was no doubt right that he should be rejected; but still there might be hardship in it.
To Hetta herself, it was very hard. She loved the man with all her heart. She could look forward to no happiness in life without him. But yet it must be so.
