But she must not murmur; she must not complain.

But it is not the accusation that admits of defence, the arrow that flies at noonday, that is most to be feared.

It is the cold, inscrutable glance, the chilled and altered manner, the suspicion that walketh in darkness,--it is these that try the strength of woman's love, and gnaw with slow but certain tooth the cable-chain that holds the anchor of her fidelity.

These are the evil spirits which prayer and fasting alone can cast out.

They may fly before the uplifted eye and bended knee, but never before the flash of anger or the word of recrimination." "What a solemn view you give me of married life!" I exclaimed, while the work dropped from my hands.