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"You astonish me," she said. "What right has
Romayne to know it?"
"What right have I to keep it a secret from him?"
"My dear Stella! if you had been in any way to blame in that miserable
matter, I should be the last person in the world to advise you to keep
it a secret. But you are innocent of all blame. No man--not even the
man who is soon to be your husband--has a right to know what you have
so unjustly suffered. Think of the humiliation of even speaking of it to
Romayne!"
"I daren't think of it," cried Stella passionately. "But if it is my
duty--"
"It is your duty to consider the consequences," Lady Loring interposed.
"You don't know how such things sometimes rankle in a man's mind. He may
be perfectly willing to do you justice--and yet, there may be moments
when he would doubt if you had told him the whole truth. I speak with
the experience of a married woman. Don't place yourself in _that_
position toward your husband, if you wish for a happy married life."
Stella was not quite convinced yet. "Suppose Romayne finds it out?" she
said.


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