"But then you did not know what was in store for you.

Sometimes great blessings, as well as dire calamities, spring upon us without the least warning.

Hugh, I shall leave the telling to you from this point on." The young mother looked from one face to the other.
"Oh! what is it ?" she almost gasped.

"You are keeping something from me I ought to know.

Please tell me, Hugh, I beg of you.