She still hoped, despite her better judgment, that he would in the end distinguish himself, and she could not meet the disappointment." "Did she long survive the intelligence ?" "Scarcely four-and-twenty hours.

Mr.Grahame, feeling unable to command himself, requested mamma and Lilla to impart to her the distressing information, which they did most tenderly; but their caution was entirely fruitless.

Her constant inquiry was relative to his present situation, and when she heard that he had not been seen since he was cashiered, she sunk into a state of insensibility from which she never recovered." "And Mr.Grahame ?" "The shock rendered him almost distracted, for it was so sudden.

Lady Helen had become so altered lately, that she was devotedly loved both by her husband and child; she had been so long ailing, that both Lilla and her father fondly hoped and believed she would be spared to them still some years longer, though she might never entirely recover her health.
Mr.Grahame's feelings are stronger than most people imagine, but his misfortunes have bowed him down even more than I could have believed possible." "They appeared so united and happy, that I do not wonder at it," observed Mrs.Cameron.

"I have seldom seen such devotedness as Lady Helen received from both her husband and child; she always welcomed their affectionate attentions as if she felt herself undeserving of them.