He was kind to her also in his bluff, boisterous fashion, and on the whole they seemed to be a happy couple.

And yet she had some secret sorrow, this woman.

She would often be lost in deep thought, with the saddest look upon her face.

More than once I have surprised her in tears.

I have thought sometimes that it was the disposition of her child which weighed upon her mind, for I have never met so utterly spoiled and so ill-natured a little creature.