She retired before Miss Current and formed audience, glad of a relief to her inventive labour.

While Miss Current and her ephemerals lightly skimmed the surface of human life, the Countess worked in the depths.

Vanities, passions, prejudices beneath the surface, gave her full employment.

How naturally poor Juliana Bonner was moved to mistake Evan's compassion for a stronger sentiment! The Countess eagerly assisted Providence to shuffle the company into their proper places.

Harry Jocelyn was moodily happy, but good; greatly improved in the eyes of his grandmama Bonner, who attributed the change to the Countess, and partly forgave her the sinful consent to the conditions of her love-match with the foreign Count, which his penitent wife had privately confessed to that strict Churchwoman.
'Thank Heaven that you have no children,' Mrs.Bonner had said; and the Countess humbly replied: 'It is indeed my remorseful consolation!' 'Who knows that it is not your punishment ?' added Mrs.Bonner; the Countess weeping.
She went and attended morning prayers in Mrs.Bonner's apartments, alone with the old lady.