Was there any thing in her manner that encouraged you to approach ?" "I think so.

It was this, no doubt, that stirred the suggestion in my mind." Constance waited a day or two, pondering the matter, and then made a call at the Allen House.
"How were you received ?" I asked, on meeting her.
"Kindly," she said.
"But with indifference ?" "No.

Mrs.Dewey was surprised, I thought, but evidently pleased." "How long did you stay ?" "Only for a short time." "What did you talk about ?" "Scarcely any thing beyond the common-place topics that come up on formal visits.

But I penetrated deep enough into her mind to discover the 'aching void' there, which she has been so vainly endeavoring to fill.

I do not think she meant to let me see this abyss of wretchedness; but her efforts to hide it were in vain.