But to the elder woman the two years had not sufficed to eradicate the remembrance of former reverses, and never for a moment had she felt herself to be secure. At last she asked the girl what she would like to have done for her. "I wish he had killed me," Marie said, slowly dragging herself up from the sofa, and retreating without another word to her own room.

She remembered former reverses, and never for a moment in the last two years of splendour had she felt herself to be secure.
At last she asked the girl what she would like to have done for her.
"I wish he had killed me," Marie said, slowly dragging herself up from the sofa, and retreating to her own room.
