Shocked as Mrs. Holdfast was by the tragic news, she could not but feel happy in the thought of the calmer future which lay before her. “My husband will soon be home!” she thought, and her heart beat with glad anticipation.
END OF VOLUME I.
Transcriber’s note
Punctuation errors have been corrected silently. Also the following corrections have been made, on page
12 “could’nt” changed to “couldn’t” (So of course it couldn’t have been)
19 “facination” changed to “fascination” (with a horrible fascination)
187 “And” changed to “and” (raised their voices, and I wasn't awake)
211 “writhin” changed to “writhing” (Mrs. Bailey writhing in bed)
247 “But” changed to “but” (feeling and fancy, but I am seldom wrong)
257 “herelf” changed to “herself” (how she was enjoying herself;)
257 “have” added (his advice to his son would have been).
Otherwise the original has been preserved, including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation.