'There seems none, Jane; all heart has left me.'
'Elsewhere things might be better for you.'
'For us,' he said, correcting her. 'What is better for you is better for me,' she replied. 'I heard today that George Naldret----'
'God bless him!'
'Amen! God bless him! I heard to-day that he was going away sooner than was expected.'
'I heard so too, Jane; and I went round to Mrs. Naldret's tonight to see him if I could. But he had not come home.'
'Saul,' she said, hiding her face on his shoulder, and pressing him in her arms, as one might do who was about to lose what she loved best in this world, 'we have suffered much together; our love for each other seems to keep us down.'
'It is I--I only who am to blame. I commenced life badly, and went from bad to worse.'
She placed her hand upon his lips, and stopped farther self-accusation.
'It is a blessing for many,' she said, 'that those new lands have been discovered. A man can commence a new life there without being crushed by the misfortunes or faults of the past, if he be earnest enough to acquire strength. It might be a blessing to you.'