Even had he been disgraced she would have fled with him to some far country and have pardoned all his faults.  No sacrifice would have been too much for her that would have been accompanied by a feeling that he appreciated all that she was doing for him, and that she was loved in return.  But to sacrifice herself by going away and never more being heard of, was too much for her!  What woman can endure such sacrifice as that?  To give up not only her love, but her wrath also;—­that was too much for her!  The idea of being tame was terrible to her.  Her life had not been very prosperous, but she was what she was because she had dared to protect herself by her own spirit.  Now, at last, should she succumb and be...