August dreaded to see Julia returned to her mother's tyranny, but Andrew was urgent in his advice, and Julia said that she must not leave her mother in her trouble.

Julia reached home a little after daylight, and a little before Mrs.Anderson was brought home in a fit of hysterics.
Poor Mrs.Abigail still hoped that the end of the world for which she had so fondly prepared would come, but as the days wore on she sank into a numb despondency.

When she thought of the loss of her property, she groaned and turned her face to the wall.

And Samuel Anderson sat about the house in a dumb and shiftless attitude, as do most men upon whom financial ruin comes in middle life.

The disappointment of his faith and the overthrow of his fortune had completely paralyzed him.