"Mr. Richmond," Matilda whispered, "I think I am somebody else."
"I hope not, Tilly."
"Everything in the world seems different."
"Very naturally; but you can keep your self yet, I trust. If I thought not, I should wish the whole thing undone."
"I ought to be better," said Matilda.
"We ought always to be better. Circumstances cannot change that. Nothing happens that the Lord does not mean shall help us to be better. And yet, sometimes circumstances seem to make it more difficult."
"These don't, Mr. Richmond; do they?"
"I don't know, Tilly. They may."
"How?"
"I will not forestall them, Tilly. If you watch, you will soon find out, whether they do or not."