The proof you are looking for can be found in the closing paragraphs of "The Canterville Ghost."
By this point in the story, the Duke and Virginia are married. They are returning home from their honeymoon. It's been a few years since Virginia helped Sir Simon in the Garden of Death, but Virginia continues not to tell anyone any specific details about what happened. This bothers the Duke because he tells Virginia a husband...
The proof you are looking for can be found in the closing paragraphs of "The Canterville Ghost."
By this point in the story, the Duke and Virginia are married. They are returning home from their honeymoon. It's been a few years since Virginia helped Sir Simon in the Garden of Death, but Virginia continues not to tell anyone any specific details about what happened. This bothers the Duke because he tells Virginia a husband and wife should not have secrets between them. He asks Virginia to explain to him what happened between her and the ghost. Virginia begs him,
Please don't ask me, Cecil, I cannot tell you. Poor Sir Simon! I owe him a great deal. Yes, don't laugh, Cecil, I really do. He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
The Duke proves his love and trust in Virginia in the next two paragraphs.
The Duke rose and kissed his wife lovingly.
"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart," he murmured.
He doesn't grudgingly kiss his wife. He lovingly kisses his wife. He doesn't press the issue, become angry, or beg. He accepts his wife desires to keep this one secret, and believes her completely that the secret in no way affects her feelings toward him. He proves his trust through the way he responds to Virginia's desire to continue keeping her secret.
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