She then insisted on the suppression of all repining, and commanded me rather to rejoice that I had escaped a snare.

Her medicament did me good.

I felt its strengthening effect when I met the directress the next day; its stringent operation on the nerves suffered no trembling, no faltering; it enabled me to face her with firmness, to pass her with ease.

She had held out her hand to me--that I did not choose to see.

She had greeted me with a charming smile--it fell on my heart like light on stone.