misstrishers

The very intamacy to which he admitted to her, his tenderness for her, confirmed her in this state of mind. No other man had been tender to her... He was sweet and charming, and in all this he was different from everyone else. She could abandon all thought of herself and her troubles while she was with him. It did not matter if she was a hopeless failure as long as he forbore to tell her so.
When he pressed her arm she held him more closely to reassure herself once more, and his kiss brought her peace and comfort.