I was so painfully uncertain whether it was my first duty to close my eyes, or to stop my ears, that I did neither.

I attribute my being still able to hold the curtain in the right position for looking and listening, entirely to suppressed hysterics.

In suppressed hysterics, it is admitted, even by the doctors, that one must hold something.
"Yes," he said, with all the fascination of his evangelical voice and manner, "you are a noble creature! A woman who can speak the truth, for the truth's own sake--a woman who will sacrifice her pride, rather than sacrifice an honest man who loves her--is the most priceless of all treasures.

When such a woman marries, if her husband only wins her esteem and regard, he wins enough to ennoble his whole life.

You have spoken, dearest, of your place in my estimation.