thfulness, at the sweet
expression of his lips, and doubt him? Not Barbara. She allowed the
moment's excitement to act upon her feelings, and carry her away.

"I had thought my wife possessed entire trust in me."

"Oh, I do, I do; you know I do. Forgive me, Archibald," she slowly
whispered.

"I deemed it better to impart this to you, Barbara. Had there been wrong
feeling on my part, I should have left you in ignorance. My darling, I
have told you it in love."

She was leaning on his breast, sobbing gently, her repentant face turned
towards him. He held her there in his strong protection, his enduring
tenderness.

"My wife! My darling! now and always."

"It was a foolish feeling to cross my heart, Archibald. It is done with
and gone."

"Never let it come back, Barbara. Neither need her name be mentioned
again between us. A barred name it has hitherto been; so let it
continue."

"Anything you will. My earnest wish is to please you; to be worthy
of your esteem and love, Archibald," she timidly added, her eye-lids
drooping, and her fair cheeks blushing, as she made the confession.
"There has been a feeling in my heart against your children, a sort of
jealous feeling, you can understand, because they were hers; because
she had once been your wife. I knew how wrong it was, and I have tried
earnestly to subdue it. I have, indeed, and I think it is nearly gone,"
her voice sunk. "I constantly pray to be helped to do it; to love them
and care for them as if they were my own. It will come with time."

"Every good thing will come with time that we may earnestly seek," said
Mr. Carlyle. "Oh, Barbara, never forget--never forget that the only
way to ensure peace in the end is to strive always to be doing right,
unselfishly under God."

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of East Lynne, by Mrs. Henry Wood

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EAST LYNNE ***

***** This file should be named 3322.txt or 3322.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/3/3/2/3322/

Produced by Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. S