Was I right?

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
AT THE MANOR HOUSE.
MRS. O. F. WALTON
AUTHOR OF
Christie's Old Organ, Peep Behind the Scenes, Saved at Sea, ETC.
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56, PATERNOSTER Row; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND 164, PICCADILLY.
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
WAS I RIGHT?
THE TWO LETTERS.
IT has often seemed very strange to me, that in moments of great anxiety or trouble, when our minds and our hearts are stretched to the uttermost, we notice with the keenest perception every little object around us. Each moving leaf, each nodding flower, catches our attention, and, years afterwards, we can remember, as distinctly as if it were yesterday, how everything looked in those sorrowful moments, when our minds were filled with thoughts of things and people far away.