And I affirm to you, on my own conviction, that she who falls, because she has not strength granted her to struggle with affliction, _may_ be reclaimed,--may repent, and be forgiven,--even as she, whose sins, 'though many, were forgiven her'.
"It gladdens me to hear you talk thus, Joan," said Wood, in a voice of much emotion, while his eyes filled with tears, "and more than repays me for all I have done for you." "If professions of repentance constitute a Magdalene, Mrs.Sheppard is one, no doubt," observed Mrs.Wood, ironically; "but I used to think it required something more than _mere words_ to prove that a person's character was abused." "Very right, my love," said Wood, "very sensibly remarked.

So it does.
Bu I can speak to that point.

Mrs.Sheppard's conduct, from my own personal knowledge, has been unexceptionable for the last twelve years.
During that period she has been a model of propriety." "Oh! of course," rejoined Mrs.Wood; "I can't for an instant question such distinterested testimony.

Mrs.Sheppard, I'm sure, will say as much for you.

He's a model of conjugal attachment and fidelity, a pattern to his family, and an example to his neighbours.