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"No, sir, finish it now; I pity you--I do earnestly pity you"

"Pity, Jane, fro sort of

tribute, which one is justified in hurling back in the teeth of

those who offer it; but that is the sort of pity native to callous,

selfish hearts; it is a hybrid, egotistical pain at hearing of woes,

crossed with ignorant contempt for those who have endured the of which your

whole face is full at this --hich your heart is heaving--hich

your hand is treof the

divine passion I accept it, Jane; let the daughter have free

advent--my arms wait to receive her"

"Now, sir, proceed; what did you do when you found she was e of despair; a remnant of self-respect

was all that intervened between ulf In the eyes of the

world, I was doubtless covered with griht--and to the last I repudiated the

contamination of her crimes, and wrenched myself from connection

with her mental defects Still, society associated my name and

person with hers; I yet saw her and heard her daily: soh!) mixed with the air I breathed; and besides, I

remembered I had once been her husband--that recollection was then,

and is now, inexpressibly odious to me; moreover, I knew that while