Of all the charms which had so fatally, yet so innocently, allured her heartless husband, but one remained--the winning gentleness of her voice.

It might be touched now and then with a note of sadness, but the soft attraction of its even, natural tone still remained.

In the marring of all other harmonies, this one harmony had been preserved unchanged.

Her brother, though his face was careworn, and his manner sadder than of old, looked less altered from his former self.

It is the most fragile material which soonest shows the flaw.