And I want to add one other thing: from this time, his name is not to be spoken in my presence." Helen's face had grown slowly whiter.

"Oh, you will not understand!" she said hoarsely; but he interrupted her.
"I am sorry for you, my darling.

Oh, what a blow this would have been for your mother! Poor Mary felt any family trouble so deeply.

But you must be a woman, you must bear it bravely.

Yes, your marriage with this fanatic was a terrible mistake, but we must bear it." Helen shook her head; she could not speak.