Still I must say that, unless there is something far deeper and more terrible than I can imagine, you have done wrong to part from your wife." "I wish I could think so.

But my doom is fixed, and no matter how long I live, or she lives, it can never be altered." "My story is a sad one," observed Lord Mountdean, "but it is not so sad as yours.

I married when I was quite young--married against my father's wish, and without his consent.

The lady I loved was like your own; she was below me in position, but in nothing else.

She was the daughter of a clergyman, a lady of striking beauty, good education and manners.