... and of the society so she chose to do the courageous thing, the right thing. It is what she felt was the right thing to do so she did it. * "The truth is only the truth. I cannot change it, if I would." (p. 75) Bertrande would neither be happy nor comfortable had she not let the truth be known. She would bestow a disagreeable sense inside herself if she had not chosen truth and honour; she would not feel right. The truth was that he was an impostor and for that she could neither live with him nor herself. She had to retain her self-respect, she felt it better to displease the community by doing what she knew was right, than to temporarily please them by doing what she knew was wrong. She knew that action did not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. * ...

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