I wanted you to come home to-day particularly, for I had prepared for you, just in the way you like it, such a nice dish of maccaroni." "It was very thoughtful in you, dear.

I wish I had been at home to enjoy it with you." Tea being announced, Mrs.Ellis arose and said: "Come; supper is on the table.

You must break your long fast." "First let me wash my hands and face," returned Ellis, who wished to gain time, as well as use all the means, to restore his countenance to a better expression than it wore, ere meeting Cara under the glare of strong lamp light.
A basin was filled for him by his wife, and, after washing his hands and face, he left the chamber with her, and went to the dining-room.
Here Cara got a distinct view of her husband's countenance.

Many lines of the passion and suffering written there during that, to him, ever-to-be-remembered day, were still visible, and, as Cara read them without comprehending their import, a vague fear came hovering over her heart.

Instantly her thoughts turned to what she had been doing, and most sincerely did she repent of the act.
"I will confess it to him, this very night," such was her mental resolution,--"and promise, hereafter never to do aught against his wishes." Notwithstanding Ellis had taken no dinner, he had little appetite for his evening meal; and the concern of his wife was increased on observing that he merely tasted his food and sipped his tea.
The more than ordinary trouble evinced, as well in the whole manner of Ellis as in the expression of his face and in the tones of his voice, oppressed the heart of Cara.