How clearly have I seen this of late, as well in my own case as in that of others! Neither wealth nor honour have in themselves the elements of happiness; and their increase brings but an increase of trouble." "If sought from merely selfish ends," remarked his wife.

"Yet their possession may increase our happiness, if we regard them as the means by which we may rise into a higher life." There followed a thoughtful pause.

Mrs.Markland resumed her work, and her husband leaned his head back and remained for some minutes in a musing attitude.
"Don't you think," he said at length, "that Fanny is growing more cheerful ?" "Oh, yes.

I can see that her state of mind is undergoing a gradual elevation." "Poor child! What a sad experience, for one so young, has been hers! How her whole character has been, to all seeming, transformed.

The light-hearted girl suddenly changed to a thoughtful, suffering woman!" "She may be a happier woman in the end," said Mrs.Markland.
"Is that possible ?" "Yes.