At the same time I saw his eyes turned towards Blanche.
"Yes; I think it will be best," she replied.

"If I have any interests here, I feel that they are safe in your hands, Mr.Wallingford." She leaned a little towards him, and I thought her voice had in it a softer tone than usual.

Her eyes looked steadily into his face.
"I will do all that is right, madam." He spoke a little lower than usual.
"And the right is always the best in any case, Mr.Wallingford," said she with feeling.
"How soon do you think of removing ?" the young man inquired.
"In three or four weeks." "So soon." Again I noticed that his eyes wandered towards Blanche, who sat close to her mother, with her face bent down and turned partly away.
"There is no reason why we should linger in S----, after all things are ready for removal.

It would have suited my feelings and habits of mind to have remained here; but as this cannot be, I prefer going to Boston on more than one account." "You will leave behind you many sincere friends," said Wallingford.
There was more feeling in his voice than usually showed itself; and I again observed that Mrs.Montgomery, in responding to the remark, fixed her eyes upon him steadily, and with, I thought, a look of more than usual interest.
The few weeks of preparation glided swiftly away, and then we parted from friends who had won their way into our own hearts; and whose memory would ever be to us like the fragrance of holy incense.

I learned from Mrs.Montgomery, before she left us, during a more confidential talk than usual, that her income was comparatively small, and that the chief part of this, a pension from Government in acknowledgment of her husband's services, would cease at her death.