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Most women are restless when they are in anxiety Katherine felt motion

to be a mental disturbance She sat down, and re over what had been told her There had been a time when

her husband's constant talk of Lady Suffolk had pained her, and when she

had been a little jealous of the apparent familiarity which existed in

their relations with each other; but Hyde had laughed at her fears, and

she had taken a pride in putting his word above all her suspicions

She had seen him receive letters which she knew to be from Lady Suffolk

She had seen him read and destroy them without remark She are

that many a love-billet from fine ladies followed hirity of her own nature to believe in her

husband's faithfulness She had made one inquiry on the subject, and his

assurance at that time she accepted as a final settlement of all doubts

And if she had needed further evidence, she had found it in his

affectionate and constant regard for her, and in his love for his child

and his hoht disposition to make

allowances for the life by which her husband was surrounded She

understood that he reat

temptation and suspicion Hyde had told her that there were necessarily