C1244 Be Good Let Me Relieve My Itch

And what he's saying now, saying he'd let her go, just hoping she'd leave a few days later, is really surprising.

She didn't know whether she should be happy or a little melancholy?

No, why should she be melancholic! If he could stop being so overbearing, she should be happy. This meant that the things she was worried about previously were not a problem