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`` But we have nothing to do with that , and justice is justice , Pierre . '' `` Eh , well , perhaps , perhaps ! '' Galbraith was silent . Jen felt that so far as Sergeant Tom 's papers were concerned he was safe ; but she felt also that by noon he ought to be on his way back to Fort Desire -- after she had told him what she had done . She was anxious for his honour . That her lover shall appear well before the world , is a thing deep in the heart of every woman . It is a pride for which she will deny herself , even of the presence of that lover .