The woman he loves may regard the fact as a high testimonial." "But you don't suppose he is going to break his heart over this matter." "No--oh, no! That is an extreme disaster." "He will forget her in time; and there are good fish in the sea yet." "Time is the great restorer," said Mrs.Denison; "and time will show, I trust, that good will come from this severe trial which my young friend is now enduring.

These better natures are oftenest exposed to furnace heat, for only they have gold enough to stand the ordeal of fire." "He is wrong to shut himself out from society." "So I tell him.

But he says 'wait--wait, I am not strong enough yet.'" "He must, indeed, take the matter deeply to heart." "He does." Here the voice fell to such a low measure, that Jessie lost all distinction of words.

But the few sentences which had reached her ears disturbed her spirit profoundly--too profoundly to make even a ripple on the surface.

No one saw a change on her countenance, and her voice, answering a moment after to the voice of a friend, betrayed no unusual sign of feeling.
And this was all she had heard of him for months.
Once, a little while before her marriage, she met him.