That word "husband," which her cousin had twice used, was painful to Alice's ear. She shrunk from it with palpable bodily suffering. Marry an old husband! His age was nothing to the purpose, though he had been as old as Enoch. But she was again obliged to answer him. "I spoke of my own heart," said she: "I sometimes feel that it has grown very old."
"Alice, that is hardly cheering to me."

That word "husband" was painful to Alice's ear. She shrunk from it.
"I spoke of my own heart," said she. "I sometimes feel that it has grown very old."
"Alice, that is hardly cheering to me."
