Oh, Edward, we have both tasted, in the last few hours, a bitterer cup than has yet been placed to our lips.

May we not be called upon to drink it to the very dregs!" "Amen!" fell solemnly from the lips of Edward Claire, as a cold shudder crept along his nerves.

If there had been any wavering in his mind before, there was none now.

He resolved to make restitution in the morning, and, as soon as opportunity offered, to leave a place where he was so strongly tempted to step aside from the path of integrity.

The virtue of his wife had saved him..