I feel impelled to make a
confession to you, mother dear, that I would not willingly to any one
else. Perhaps you have suspected," he added, coloring with mortification,
"that all was not right between us when I left yesterday. She would not
have fretted so over my mere absence of a few days, but I had scolded and
threatened her the night before, and went away without any reconciliation
or even a good-by. In fact, she was asleep when I left the rooms, and knew
nothing of my going."
"O Edward!" exclaimed his listener in a low, pained tone.
"I am bitterly ashamed of my conduct, mother," he said with emotion, "but
we have made it up and are both very happy again in each other's love. She
was very humble over her part of the quarrel, poor little thing! and we
mean to live in peace and love the rest of our lives, God helping us," he
added reverently.
"I trust so, my dear boy," Elsie said, "for whether you live in peace or
contention, will make all the difference of happiness or misery in your
lives. It would have quite broken my heart had your father ever scolded or
threatened me."
"But you, mamma, were a woman when you married, old enough and wise enough
to guide and control yourself.
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