The first great grief which had darkened the sisters' lives had, as it seemed, changed their everyday characters already.
The twilight fell, and faded; and the summer night came brightly.

As the first carefully shaded light was kindled in the sick-room, the physician, who had been summoned from Bristol, arrived to consult with the medical attendant of the family.

He could give no comfort: he could only say, "We must try, and hope.

The shock which struck her, when she overheard the news of her husband's death, has prostrated her strength at the time when she needed it most.

No effort to preserve her shall be neglected.