After she tells Edward that she knows about his feelings towards Nancy and they could divorce if he wanted to, Edward is discontent, which leads Leonora into a state of despair. Always trying to satisfy her husband, Leonora this time opposes this value and repents it afterward, indicating her loyalty to stoic Catholic values, specifically to those of a wife. Just like in Mr. Dowell’s case, when she could find flaws in his husband’s nature, Leonora is the one considering herself to be responsible and actually the one striving to maintain their marriage. Ignoring her husband’s culpable sides, she devotes herself to her marriage at all costs and even redeems Edward’s expenses aiming to both make her husband happy and try to keep a good public
