And here lies the ground of difference between us.

The fact is, he is to blame for this very thing, for he drove me to it." But such thoughts did not satisfy the mind of Mrs.Ellis, nor remove the sense of wrong that oppressed her spirit.

So, in a little while, she came back to her resolution to tell her husband, on that very evening, all about what she had done.

This was her state of mind, when her friend Mrs.Claxton called in.

After the first pleasant greeting, the lady, assuming a slight gravity of manner, said-- "Do you know, Mrs.Ellis, that I've thought a good deal about the matter we talked of the last time I saw you ?" "To what do you allude ?" asked Cara.
"To running up bills without your husband's knowledge.