No, I will not though," said she, springing to her feet. "I will not--I _will_ not think of myself and my own position. I won't examine into my own feelings. It would be of no use now. Some time, if I live to be an old woman, I may sit over the fire, and looking into the embers, see the life that might have been."
All this time she was hastily putting on her things to go out, only stopping from time to time to wipe her eyes, with an impatience of gesture at the tears that would come again, in spite of all her bravery.

No, I will not, though,' said she, springing to her feet. 'I will not think of myself. I won't examine my own feelings. It would be of no use. If I live to be an old woman, then I may sit over the fire, and looking into the embers, see the life that might have been.'
All this time, she was hastily putting on her things to go out, only stopping to wipe her eyes impatiently.
