Chapter 32

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠What to do she could not tell. The step which Swithin had entreated her to take, objectionable and premature as it had seemed in a county aspect, would at all events have saved her from this dilemma. Had she allowed him to tell the Bishop his simple story in its fulness, who could say but that that divine might have generously bridled his own impulses, entered into the case with sympathy, and forw