Nature is strong, and the same in all our generations." "Nay, I hope he has left her by now, confound her, or we shall be here all night." "Eli!" "Well, Kate ?" "I have been happy with you, sweetheart, for all our rubs--much happier, I trow, than if I had--been--a--a--nun.

You won't speak harshly to the poor child?
One can be firm without being harsh." "Surely." "Have you been happy with me, my poor Eli ?" "Why, you know I have.

Friends I have known, but none like thee.

Buss me, wife!" "A heart to share joy and grief with is a great comfort to man or woman.
Isn't it, Eli ?" "It is so, my lass.
'It doth joy double, And halveth trouble,' runs the byword.

And so I have found it, sweetheart.