Your fellow-creature, who has sinned and has repented--you have the authority of the Divine Teacher for it--is your fellow-creature, purified and ennobled.

A joy among the angels of heaven--oh, my brothers and sisters of the earth, have I not laid my hand on a fit companion for You?
There was a moment of silence in the summer-house.

The cheerful tumult of the lawn-party was pleasantly audible from the distance.

Outside, the hum of voices, the laughter of girls, the thump of the croquet-mallet against the ball.

Inside, nothing but a woman forcing back the bitter tears of sorrow and shame--and a man who was tired of her.
She roused herself.