If she was ever shocked by his vulgarity, he never knew it by any word of hers, in disapproval.
If she had suspicions, she did not betray them.

Her children were trained to respect their father, and among them she found the satisfactions of her life.

He had long ceased to be her companion.

As an associate, friend, lover, she had given him up, and, burying in her heart all her griefs and all her loneliness, had determined to make the best of her life, and to bring her children to believe that their father was a man of honor, of whom they had no reason to be ashamed.

If she was proud, hers was an amiable pride, and to Mr.Belcher's credit let it be said that he respected her as much as he wished her to honor him.
For an hour after breakfast, Mr.Belcher was occupied in his library, with his agent, in the transaction of his daily business.