"I only mean to point out that it could be something he feels bad for doing and is worried you wouldn't forgive him. I hope whatever it is, you are able to talk it out. I... Would not like to see my friends as unhappy as the people in my life. Lord knows I love them all, but they are all hurting each other and me. It isn't right for all these dirty secrets to ruin a family. They don't see they are wrong and I cannot make them... But if Mr. Willaby is as good a man as you say, then you had best become a team and not endure alone. You need to endure together, the discord will only hurt you both " Her eyes were very sad as they looked to Rose, but she wasn't crying. She had changed.