48 THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE;

 

‘¢She broke eee here, and, covering
her face with her slender hands, cried as if
her heart would break. ee

‘¢ What do you think her bain’ did
at seeing this? Do you think he pitied 2
her, and felt SOrry that he had been so -
unkind, and took her in his arms, and com-
forted her poor, wounded heart? N 03 her
tears made him very angry, because he ie
knew that he alone was to blame for them.
He said roughly — dat , |
‘¢« What are you snivelling there for, |
- you ‘fool?’ ek. ae

‘¢ And then he raised his cruel hand, and ; |
gave her a blow that almost felled her to
the floor. And then her ‘tears were dried
by the very depth of her misery, and she
walked to the window, and leaned her throb-

bing head against it, as she looked out into