As soon as he was gone Emily Trevelyan went upstairs to her baby.
She would not stir as long as there had been a chance of his coming
to her. She very much wished that he would come, and had made up her
mind, in spite of the fierceness of her assertion to her sister,
to accept any slightest hint at an apology which her husband
might offer to her. To this state of mind she was brought by the
consciousness of having a secret from him, and by a sense not of
impropriety on her own part, but of conduct which some people might
have called improper in her mode of parting from the man against
whom her husband had warned her. The warmth of that hand-pressing,
and the affectionate tone in which her name had been pronounced,
and the promise made to her, softened her heart towards her husband.
Had he gone to her now and said a word to her in gentleness all
might have been made right. But he did not go to her.

'If he chooses to be cross and sulky, he may be cross and sulky,'
said Mrs Trevelyan to herself as she went up to her baby.

'Has Louis been with you?' Nora asked, as soon as Mrs Fairfax had
brought her home.

'I have not seen him since you left me,' said Mrs Trevelyan.

'I suppose he went out before Colonel Osborne?'

'No, indeed. He waited till Colonel Osborne had gone, and then he
went himself; but he did not come near me. It is for him to judge
of his own conduct, but I must say that I think he is very foolish.'