As some relief to her overburdened mind, she associated herself with the work of mercy, carried on under the superintendence of the rector of the parish.

I thought he was wrong in permitting a woman, at her advanced time of life, to run the risk encountered in visiting the sick and suffering poor at their own dwelling-places.

Circumstances, however, failed to justify my dread of the perilous influences of infection and foul air.

The one untoward event that happened, seemed to be too trifling to afford any cause for anxiety.

Lady Howel caught cold.
"Unhappily, she treated that apparently trivial accident with indifference.