Oh, how trying this is for her! Indeed, I am sure death is easier to bear, when one--loves--than a parting like this." "Really, dear Ruth," returned her sister, holding her head very straight, "you would not say that if you knew what it was to lose a--friend, by death.

At least Mr.Ward is alive, even if Helen cannot see him.

Ah, dear me! Well, I wonder how Adele Dale feels now?
I should be miserable if we had such a thing happen in our family.

A husband and wife quarrel, and separate! Shocking!" "But there is no quarrel, you know," Gifford protested slowly, and for the third or fourth time.
But Miss Deborah brushed this aside.

"They are separated; it is the same thing.