"I know what a sacrifice it is to Dinah, for she does so dislike leaving home; but she is doing it for Elizabeth's sake." "You are doing it for Elizabeth's sake too, are you not, David ?" asked his father quietly.

Then the harassed face brightened at once.
"Let me tell you all about it, dad," he returned eagerly--"it will be such a comfort; you have often been my father-confessor before.

If you knew how my heart sank when Elizabeth begged me to go to Ventnor, and yet how was I to refuse her when she said, with tears in her eyes, that my consenting to the plan would probably give her a few more weeks of happiness.

You know how she meant it ?" "Oh yes, I know, David," in the same quiet tone.
"Of course, I could not refuse.

I dared not be guilty of such selfishness, for--after all, what does a little more pain matter ?" and here David drew a heavy sigh of intense weariness.