Only once in the course of the long night as they sate together, and poor Sedley opened his pent-up soul, and told the story of his losses and embarrassments--the treason of some of his oldest friends, the manly kindness of some, from whom he never could have expected it--in a general confession--only once did the faithful wife give way to emotion.

Only once in the course of the long night as they sat together, and poor Sedley told the story of his losses - the treason of some of his oldest friends, the kindness of others - only once did the faithful wife give way to emotion.
