Charles had been wonderful to her during the first two weeks of her bereavement , she did not know what she would have done without him . He had always been at her beck and call * His conversation , by taking her into a different world , had soothed her nerves . Her soul had been muddied , and in his distinction of spirit she had washed herself clean . It had rested her wonderfully to wander about the galleries with him and look at pictures . She had good reason to be grateful to him . She thought of all the years he had loved her . He had waited for her now for more than twenty years . She had not been very kind to him . It would have given him so much happiness to possess her and really it would not have hurt her . She wondered why she had resisted him so long .
Чарльз прекрасно относился к ней в первые две недели ее утраты, она не знала, что бы делала без него. Он всегда был у нее на побегушках. Его разговор, перенесший ее в другой мир, успокоил ее нервы. Душа ее была мутна, и в его достоинстве духа она очистилась. Она прекрасно отдохнула, бродя с ним по галереям и рассматривая картины. У нее были веские причины быть ему благодарной. Она подумала обо всех годах, когда он любил ее. Он ждал ее уже больше двадцати лет. Она была не очень добра к нему. Ему было бы очень приятно владеть ею, и, право же, это не причинило бы ей вреда. Она задавалась вопросом, почему так долго сопротивлялась ему.