"You tell me so;--but I can hardly yet believe it. And then how am I to know my own feelings so suddenly? Marriage as I have found it, Mr. Broune, has not been happy. I have suffered much. I have been wounded in every joint, hurt in every nerve,--tortured till I could hardly endure my punishment. At last I got my liberty, and to that I have looked for happiness."
"Has it made you happy?"
"It has made me less wretched. And there is so much to be considered! I have a son and a daughter, Mr. Broune."

; I can hardly yet believe it. How am I to know my own feelings so suddenly? Marriage as I have found it, Mr. Broune, has not been happy. I have suffered much. I have been hurt in every nerve - tortured till I could hardly endure it. At last I got my liberty, and to that I have looked for happiness."
"Has it made you happy?"
"It has made me less wretched. And there is so much to be considered! I have a son and a daughter, Mr. Broune."
