The enthusiasm of her lover was contagious, and she came to write and talk to him with much earnestness.

Next to her own comfort and peace of mind and her own culture, she prized her lover.

He was original, piquant, and talented.
She was proud of him, and loved him with all her heart.

Not as a more earnest person might have loved; but as heartily as she could.

And she came to take on the color of her lover's habits of thought and feeling; she expressed herself even more warmly than she felt, so that Albert was happy, and this story was doomed to suffer because of his happiness.