They will rise up and call me blessed.' Laughing, Monica at length agreed to come if circumstances were favourable.

Her talk with Bevis continued for a long time, until people had begun to leave.

Some other acquaintance then claimed her, but she was now dull and monosyllabic, as if conversation had exhausted her energies.

At six o'clock she stole away unobserved, and went home.
Widdowson had resigned himself, in appearance at all events, to these absences.

It was several weeks since he had accompanied his wife to call upon any one; a sluggishness was creeping over him, strengthening his disinclination for society.