Loved and Lost by Bertha M. Clay — Read

All Mr. Large's sympathies had been with Lady Gwendolyn at starting; but now he began to think there might possibly be another side to the question. He knew Lady Gwendolyn was naturally impulsive -- and legal men generally look upon impulsiveness as a fault, or, at best, an inconvenient quality which stands in the way of anything like calm, dispassionate judgment. Of course she had seen and heard something, since she said so; but then "trifles light as air are, to the jealous, confirmation strong as proofs of holy writ," and a person who jumps to conclusions is not to be trusted in any way.

He felt for this girl more than a lawyer's interest in his client, for he had known her since she was a child. He could not bear that she should throw away her happiness, and, therefore, when Sir Lawrence said: