All this will be deeply humiliating; and I know myself well enough to apprehend occasional indignant reactions, or cool defiances.

I possess a high, proud spirit, which, if fairly aroused, is certain to lead me into stubborn resistance.

So far I have managed to hold this spirit in abeyance; but if matters progress as they have begun, the climax of endurance will ere long be reached." "Great circumspection on your part will be needed," said Mrs.De Lisle.

"Remember always, your obligations as a wife.

In consenting to enter into the most solemn human compact that is ever made, you assumed a position that gave you power over the happiness of another.