Between the two there lay that repellent resemblance which made them like close relations,--closer when they were silent.

You know such people?
When you speak to them, the little sharp points clash.
Yet they are the few whom you surely know you will meet in the life beyond death, "saved" or not.

The Doctor came slowly along the quiet country-road, watching the woman's figure going as slowly before him.
He had a curious interest in the girl,--a secret reason for the interest, which as yet he kept darkly to himself.

For this reason he tried to fancy how her new life would seem to her.

It should be hard enough, her work,--he was determined on that; her strength and endurance must be tested to the uttermost.