He died and she could not be with him in the last sad hours of his earthly existence! He died and was buried, and she was not there to look for the last time upon his beloved face--to follow him to his quiet resting-place--to weep over his grave! She suffered--but to no mortal eye were apparent the adequate signs of that suffering.

Even her husband was misled by the calm surface of her feelings into the belief that there was no wild turbulence beneath.

He did not see the tears that wet the pillow upon which she slept.

He did not know how many hours she lay sleepless in the silent midnight watches.

Daily all her duties were performed with unvarying assiduity; and when he spoke to her she answered with her usual gentle smile.