Oh! The wretchedness, struggling with patience and concealment, of those weary years.

The days and days, during which her husband maintained towards her a moody silence, that it seemed would kill her.

And yet, so far as the world went, Mr.Leslie was among the best of husbands.

How little does the world, so called, look beneath the surface of things! With the weakness of failing health, came, to Madeline, the loss of mental energy.

She had less and less self-control.