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Excerpt from The Pillars of the House, or Under Wode, Under Rode, Vol. 2
She was a brave woman, and never sought indulgence and all she accepted was the spending his last Saturday and Sun day at his home with him and even on this she durst not venture without taking Alda, and exposing the dear untidy household to her disdain but that October Sunday walk by the river was worth it all - worth infinitely more than the July walk and they both declared it gave them strength.
Wilmet returned in time for Monday's school, nor did she give in all the week but She looked whiter and whiter, and on Saturday morning turned so faint while dressing, that Alda In a great fright called in Sibby; and the unprecedented event occurred of her spending two whole days in bed. She only begged to be let alone, and after this space of quiet came down again fully recovered, only, as Geraldine daily felt, softer, gentler, tenderer, less severely strict, and moreover a less hard mistress to her own beauty.
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