"One must be indulgent to little weaknesses; who is free from them, Andrew? Don`t forget that she has grown up and been educated in society, and so her position now is not a rosy one. We should enter into everyone`s situation. Tout comprendre, c`est tout pardonner.* Think it must be for her, poor thing, after what she has been used to, to be parted from her husband and be left alone the country, in her condition! It`s very hard."