Thanks to him, we arrived safe at home about an hour and a half beyond our time.
Martha had not forgotten us; a cheerful fire was burning, and a neat supper spread in the dining-room: we were glad of both.

The winter dawn was actually breaking before we gained our chambers.

I took off my pink dress and lace mantle with happier feelings than I had experienced in putting them on.

Not all, perhaps, who had shone brightly arrayed at that concert could say the same; for not all had been satisfied with friendship--with its calm comfort and modest hope..