But when it came to the examination of accounts between Mrs.Burman and himself, spasms of physical revulsion, loathings, his excessive human nature, put her out of Court.

To men, it was impossible for him to speak the torments of those days of the monstrous alliance.

The heavens were cognizant.

He pleaded his case in their accustomed hearing:--a youngster tempted by wealth, attracted, besought, snared, revolted, etc.

And Mrs.Burman, when roused to jealousy, had shown it by teazing him for a confession of his admiration of splendid points in the beautiful Nataly, the priceless fair woman living under their roof, a contrast of very life, with the corpse and shroud; and she seen by him daily, singing with him, her breath about him, her voice incessantly upon every chord of his being! He pleaded successfully.