One heavy load was off her mind--Mr Spinney was not dead; but how much had she also to lament?
She perceived that she had been treacherously kidnapped by those who detested her conduct, but had no right to inflict the punishment.

The kind and feeling conduct of her husband and of her son,--the departure of the one, and supposed death of the other, were blows which nearly overwhelmed her.

She tottered back to her cell in a state of such extreme agitation, as to occasion a return of fever, and for many days she was unable to quit her bed..