"Of course not. But a man may be absolved from a promise. Lady Glencora--"
"My wife would, of course, absolve me. It is not that. Her happiness demands it, and it is partly my fault that it is so. I cannot explain to you more fully why it is that I must give up the great object for which I have striven with all my strength."
"Oh, no!" said the Duke. "If you are sure that it is imperative--"

"Of course not. But a man may be absolved from a promise. Lady Glencora-"
"My wife would, of course, absolve me. It is not that. Her happiness demands it, and it is partly my fault that it is so. I cannot explain to you more fully why it is that I must give up the great object for which I have striven with all my strength."
"If you are sure that it is imperative-"
