26/64 But if I knew that he also suffers, I do believe my pain would be less." "I think you may set your heart at rest upon that point," I answered. "He, doubtless, also suffers." "I hope so," she responded, unconscious of the selfish wish she had expressed. "If he does not, I know not what will be my fate." I saw that I had made a mistake in assuring her that John also suffered, and I determined to correct it later on, if possible. "We rode for two hours or more, and talked of the weather and the scenery, until there was nothing more to be said concerning either. |