She also had received the account of her husband's death with something like relief; for, to her, he had been dead long since.

At one point only did she shed tears; it was when she tried, in faltering accents, to express to Derrick her gratitude for all that he and Celia had done, and were doing, to render her life free from care.
The interview, painful as it necessarily had been, saddened Derrick; but his face cleared as, on his return to the Hall, he met Celia and took her in his arms; and, as her lips clung to his, he asked himself, as he had often asked himself in odd moments of his happiness, "What have I done to deserve my luck ?" ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WOMAN'S WAY*** ******* This file should be named 19411.txt or 19411.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/4/1/19411 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.
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