of jealousy, and when he saw the baronet paying court to the lady, 
even though it was part of his own plan, still he could not help
interrupting with a passionate outburst which revealed the fiery soul 
which his self-contained manner so cleverly concealed. By encouraging 
the intimacy, he made it certain that Sir Henry would frequently come to
Merripit House, and that he would sooner or later get the opportunity
which he desired.
"You already know of the furious scene that must have occurred when his 
wife discovered his relationship with Laura Lyons. By tying her up, that 
she might have no chance of warning Sir Henry, he hoped, no doubt, that 
when the whole countryside put down the baronet's death to the curse of 
the family, he could win his wife back to accept an accomplished fact and 
to keep silent upon what she knew. In this I fancy that in any case he
