When passion gives way to thought and memory, she feels the loneliness of her position,--the loneliness, and the possible degradation.

It is all very well for a man to talk about his name and his honour; but it is the woman's honour and the woman's name that are, in truth, placed in jeopardy.

Let the woman do what she will, the man can, in truth, show his face in the world;--and, after awhile, does show his face.

But the woman may be compelled to veil hers, either by her own fault, or by his.

Mrs.Trevelyan was now told that she was to be separated from her husband, and she did not, at any rate, believe that she had done any harm.