40 A Mental Struggle.
" We are not so rich as we were," says he, in a low and
saddened tone.
"No, my love—no, we are not," returns she -with infinite
tenderness, slipping her smooth hand into his.
There is much comfort in her touch; and her husband
takes the gentle hand and holds it firmly. For a long
time they sit thus, hand-in-hand, in a dead silence. Then
Su' Hugh, rising with a faint sigh, kisses his wife, and
goes away to his dressing-room; but Lady Olivia lingers
still before the fire, speechless, motionless, thinking of
many things.
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