But I know she has been"-- in trouble, she was going to say, but stopped--"suffering." "Perhaps you may be able to nurse her a little now, since she will be obliged to own herself an invalid." "I shall try.

Will you come in for a moment, in the morning ?" "Yes.

Good night now.

Do not be too anxious." He went out, glad at heart because of those few words of hers, which showed how naturally she still depended on him, when help of any kind was needed.
Mrs.Costello had lain, during his visit, listening to the faint sound of their voices, which just reached her through the half-open door of her room.
She turned her head restlessly as she listened.

"If it could have been," she thought, "he would have been the same to her through all--but the other, how could I tell him even?
Truly, I believe he would forgive crime, more readily than misery like mine.