He conveyed to her, by the strength of his love and his will, the assurance of all their hopes.
That day Doctor Worth did not go out.

The little bravado of carrying arms was impossible to him.

It was not that his courage had failed, or that he had lost a tittle of his convictions, but he was depressed by the uncertainty of his position and duty, and he was, besides, the thrall of that intangible anxiety which we call PRESENTIMENT.
Yet, however dreary life is, it must go on.

The brave-hearted cannot drop daily duty.

On the second day the doctor went to his office again, and Antonia arranged the meals and received company, and did her best to bring the household into peaceful accord with the new elements encroaching on it from all sides.
But the Senora was more "difficult" than even Rachela had ever seen her before.