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I am very nearly happy now, but should I be so without a friendly

heart in which to pour the confession? For how make a confidant of

him? My happiness would wound him, and has to be concealed He is

sensitive as a woman, like all men who have suffered e As youthis time I made a close study of many small personal

enerally supposed

In spite of rew bolder, and his nature expanded I

saw on his face a new expression, a look of youth The greater

refinement which I introduced into the house was reflected in his

person Insensibly I became accustomed to his presence, andI discovered how his

mind and countenance harmonize "The animal that we call a husband,"

to quote your words, disappeared, and one bal I discovered

in his stead a lover, whose words thrilled me and on whose arm I leant

with pleasure beyond words In short, to be open with you, as I would

be with God, before whom concealment is impossible, the perfect

loyalty hich he had kept his oathof curiosity in led