"Amelia, I protest before God, I have done my husband no wrong," Rebecca said, turning from her.
"Have you done me no wrong, Rebecca? You did not succeed, but you tried. Ask your heart if you did not."
She knows nothing, Rebecca thought.
"He came back to me. I knew he would. I knew that no falsehood, no flattery, could keep him from me long. I knew he would come. I prayed so that he should."

"Amelia, I protest before God, I have done my husband no wrong," Rebecca said.
"Have you done me no wrong, Rebecca? You did not succeed, but you tried."
She knows nothing, Rebecca thought.
"He came back to me," said Amelia. "I knew he would. I knew that no flattery could keep him from me long. I knew he would come. I prayed that he should." 