He wished to restore her if possible to the position she had sacrificed for him; and Felicita knew it.

Her heart beating faster with her success was softened toward him; and tears suffused her dark eyes for an instant as she thought of his astonishment and exultation.
The children were at play in the garden below her, and their merry voices greeted her ear pleasantly.

The one human being who really dwelt in her inmost heart was her boy Felix, her first-born child.

Hilda was an unnecessary supplement to the page of her maternal love.

But for Felix she dreamed day-dreams of extravagant aspiration; no lot on earth seemed too high or too good for him.