"You know," she began again, "that my husband has escaped ?" "A terrible business!" exclaimed the good man, nodding, however, in affirmation to the question she asked.
"I have seen him," said Mary Goddard very faintly, looking down at her thin hands.

The vicar started in astonishment.
"My dear friend--dear me! Dear, dear, how very painful!" "Indeed, you do not know what I have suffered.

It is most dreadful, Mr.
Ambrose.

You cannot imagine what a struggle it was.

I am quite worn out." She spoke with such evident pain that the vicar was moved.