Even with the most domestic and affectionate men, their emotions seem to be kept in a cell distinct and away from their actual lives.

Philip had other thoughts and other occupations than those connected with his wife during all this time.
An uncle of his mother's, a Cumberland 'statesman', of whose existence he was barely conscious, died about this time, leaving to his unknown great-nephew four or five hundred pounds, which put him at once in a different position with regard to his business.
Henceforward his ambition was roused,--such humble ambition as befitted a shop-keeper in a country town sixty or seventy years ago.
To be respected by the men around him had always been an object with him, and was, perhaps, becoming more so than ever now, as a sort of refuge from his deep, sorrowful mortification in other directions.
He was greatly pleased at being made a sidesman; and, in preparation for the further honour of being churchwarden, he went regularly twice a day to church on Sundays.

There was enough religious feeling in him to make him disguise the worldly reason for such conduct from himself.

He believed that he went because he thought it right to attend public worship in the parish church whenever it was offered up; but it may be questioned of him, as of many others, how far he would have been as regular in attendance in a place where he was not known.

With this, however, we have nothing to do.