She resolved that fidelity should be his,
and as she resolved it she knew that he deserved it of her. She
resolved that she would eject Dulac from her life, and that, with all
the strength of her will, she would try to bring herself to give that
love to Bonbright which she had promised him by implication, but
never by word. She did not know that love cannot be created by an
effort of the will. ...
Before she arose from her pitiful posture she considered many plans,
and discarded them all. There was no plan. It must all be left to the
future. First she believed it was required that she should tell
Bonbright she had married him without love, and beg of him to be
patient and to wait, for she was trying to turn her love to him. But
that, she saw, would not serve. He was being patient now,
wonderfully, unbelievably patient. What more could she ask of him? It
would only wound him, who had suffered such wounds through her. She
could not do that. She could do nothing but wait and hope--and meet
her problems as best she could when they arose.
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