3. How is this realism more fully brought out in the conversation between the wife and husband?
4. What feelings prompted the lie which Mrs. Black told? What can be said in extenuation of this lapse?
5. What contrasts were prominent in her mind?
6. What in Victoria’s character, makes the strongest appeal?
7. Do we feel that Victoria is more likely than her mother to keep the youthful dreams and visions?
8. What is Mrs. Black’s greatest consolation?
9. Comment on the author’s way of ending her story.
A YEAR IN A COAL MINE
JOSEPH HUSBAND has, since his graduation from Harvard in 1907, been engaged in industrial pursuits. He has, however, found time to contribute frequently to The Atlantic Monthly. At present Mr. Husband is an ensign in the United States Navy. The first account of his naval experience is published in the May (1918) Atlantic.