And that word 'husband,' she used in almost every line, having only too clearly observed that her mother had not used it at all.
'Dearest mother,' she said, ending her letter, 'I love you as I have always done.

But when I became his wife, I swore to love him best.

I did not know then how strong my love could be.

I have hardly known till now, when he is troubled, of what devotion I was capable.

I will not leave him for a moment,--unless I have to do so at his telling.' Such being her determination, and so great her obstinacy, it was quite clear that they could not by soft words or persuasive letters bring her to their way of thinking.