Tacitly Kingslough had decided that Mrs. Brady was not to be visited. Just as by one consent the public sometimes agrees to condemn an untried man, so gentle and simple made up their minds not to enter the gates of Maryville. Those of Nettie’s own class, having regard to that which they considered a _mésalliance_, quietly tabooed the fact of her marriage and her existence; those of a lower grade, remembering what Miss O’Hara’s father had been, and what the Rileys were, feeling if they called upon the young wife she might not feel grateful for their attentions, agreed it might be prudent for them to abstain from showing any.…
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