And she has had her reward!" This last sentence was uttered in a tone of self-satisfaction that deeply pained Mr.Wilkinson.
"I saw your wife this morning," he remarked, after a moment's silence.
"You did! Where ?" "I passed her in the street; and the sight of her made my heart ache.
Ah, my friend! if you have been wronged, deeply is the wrong repaid! Such a wreck! I could scarcely believe my eyes.

Ellis! I read at a single glance her countenance, marred by long suffering, and found in it only the sad evidences of patient endurance.

She is changed.

I am bold to say that.

If she erred, she has repented." "But not atoned for a wrong that is irreparable," said Ellis in a dogged tone, while his heavy brows contracted.
"Ah! how changed you are, Ellis: once so kind-hearted, so forgiving and forbearing!" "And what changed me?
Answer me that, John Wilkinson! Yes, I am changed--changed from a man into--into--yes, let me say the word--into a devil! And who held the enchanter's wand?
Who?
The wife of my bosom!" Wilkinson felt a shudder creeping along his nerves as he looked at the excited man, and heard his words.
"Cara never acts toward you, now, other than with kindness," said he.
But Ellis made no answer to this.
"Let the past suffice, my friend," added Wilkinson.