"He does not greet my coming, as he did at first, with childish pleasure, but looks at me gravely, yet with tenderness, when I enter; and, when I go away, he always asks if I will 'come again to-morrow.' He did not do this at first." "But have you not written to Mr.Perkins since your return ?" asked Mrs.Gaston.
Eugenia became instantly pale and agitated.

But recovering herself with an effort, she simply replied-- "How could I?
To him I had, years before, been lost in the sea.

I could not exist in his mind, except as one in the world of spirits.
And how did when I came back, or how do I know now, that he has not found another to fill that place in his heart which I once occupied?
On this subject I dared make no inquiry.

And, even if this were not the case, I am not as I was.

I had fortune and social standing when he wooed and won me.