I have been hit pretty hard several times, though not in the same way, and I have always gone through it, and no doubt I shall do so now.
"Goodbye," and when Bertha looked up, he had left the room.
"Oh, mamma," she said, when she went into the room where her mother was sitting, "I am so sorry, so dreadfully sorry.

Frank Mallett has asked me to be his wife.

I have never thought of such a thing and of course I had to say no." "I have thought such a thing likely for some time, Bertha, but I thought it best to hold my tongue about it.

In such matters the interference of a mother often does more harm than good.

I felt sure, by your manner with him, that you had no idea of it; and I must say that much as I like Frank Mallett, I should have been sorry.