About the book
For a long time after his wife's death Holcroft had felt that he did not wish to see anyone who would make references to his loss. Holcroft's bed, her mother began to inspect, and soon suffered keenly from every painful discovery. In contrast with the man who had deceived and wronged her, Holcroft's course overwhelmed her very soul with a passion of grateful affection. At last he cleared mother out, and just before he looked as black as he did when he passed the house while ago.