I saw nothing without seeing it, and I heard nothing without hearing it.

I do not exaggerate, when I say, that it looked from every star, smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm.
I have no doubt that my state of mind had something to do with the change in the treatment adopted, by my once kind mistress toward me.

I can easily believe, that my leaden, downcast, and discontented look, was very offensive to her.

Poor lady! She did not know my trouble, and I dared not tell her.

Could I have freely made her acquainted with the real state of my mind, and{126} given her the reasons therefor, it might have been well for both of us.