That her husband should be happy constituted her hope of happiness; that he should be comfortable, her comfort.

If he were thought worthy, that would be her worthiness; or if he were good, that would be her goodness.

And even as to those higher, more distant aspirations, amidst which her mother was always dwelling, she would take no joy for herself which did not include him.

The denunciations against him which were so plainly included even in her mother's blessings and prayers for herself, did not frighten her on behalf of the man to whom she had devoted herself.

She could see the fanaticism and fury of her mother's creed.