[The Hand But Not the Heart by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hand But Not the Heart CHAPTER XII 39/40
These he can never find in me; for, Heaven help me! Mrs.De Lisle, his sphere grows more and more repulsive every day, and I shudder sometimes at the thought of unmitigated disgust!" "Do your best, my friend," was the answer of of Mrs.De Lisle. "Fill, to the utmost of your ability, all your wifely relations, and seek to develop in your husband those higher qualities of thought and feeling to which your spirit can attach itself.
And above all, do not listen to such erroneous counsels as Mrs.Anthony gave just now.
If followed they will surely produce a harvest of misery." "Thanks, good counsellor! I will heed your words.
They come in the right time, and strengthen my better purposes," said Mrs.Dexter. "To-morrow I shall leave with my husband for Newport, and he shall see in me no signs of reluctance.
Nor do I care, except to leave your company.
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