Life is so full of cares; there is something holy in the thought of one heart being privileged to rest its burden on another.

But how can that man be loved who has put away his wife from him, because he is tired of her?
for this is the meaning of the usual excuses--incompatibility of temper, and the like.

Yet Ellen did love him, with a love passing description; she forgot his faults and her own position; she loved as I would never again wish to see a friend of mine love any creature of the earth.
"Time passed, and Ellen was despised.

Mr.Lee left abruptly for Europe, and I heard that this poor young woman was about to become a mother.

I knew she was alone in the world, and I knew my duty too.