She, too, had held communion with herself, and her will had once more resumed the mastery.

This should be the last exhibition of weakness--and the last feeling of weakness; and as she would suppress the outward signs, so she would crush the inner emotion.

All life looked smiling.

She was young, healthy and rich.

She had inspired the devoted love of a good and great man, whose position would give scope for her ambitions, whose intellect was a source of pleasure and joy to her, and whose tenderness would smooth all her path.