Twas in the autumn of the year 1759 that I so came to Damascus, and for ten years did I remain in that city,--all the time without hearing one word from my dear Wife.
Tis true I always preserved an affectionate remembrance of my dear Wife Lilias; but she seemed to me in the guise of some Departed Angel, whom I had been privileged to behold but for a Short and Transient Period.
If I am good and patient it is because of my dear wife and my dear daughter," said the man sadly.
I am harassed about my books, my--my dear wife, and that poor girl.
However, I will mention the circumstance to my dear wife.
I go now to see my dear wife and my babe, for I know not whether I shall return to them again.
Dear wife," he said, "something as wonderful as the sinking of the rocks may happen to save us yet.
The assassins were actually holding my dear wife as hostage against any revelation I dared to make!
Why did he command my silence at peril of my dear wife's life.
Among the hosts of foreigners who walked and drove in the Corso at the hour of the passeggiata, my eyes, and those of my bright little companion, were ever eager to find my dear wife's handsome face.
I asked, speaking boldly in a clear voice, my eyes fixed upon his, for remember I was fighting for knowledge of my dear wife's whereabouts.
But further, my dear wife, whose knowledge of the impostor was so amazing, was also missing.
One loving kiss, dear wife, One press of heart to heart; Then for the deadliest strife, For freedom I depart!
One loving kiss, dear wife, One press of heart to heart!
Oh, why, why was not I allowed to remain with my dear wife, to perish with her, or to be the means of saving her!
I agreed with Hagger, but yet my heart was too sore to feel any satisfaction at knowing this, and I would a thousand times rather have been on shore with my dear wife; and who, under my circumstances, would not?
The fears of my dear wife in consequence at length subsided, and she began to see that, after all, she had probably thought worse of my old shipmate than he deserved.
I now felt more thankful than ever that I had escaped, as there seemed every probability that I should be able to see my dear wife, or at all events communicate with her.
It's such a church that I, dear wife, This very day have found.
My dear wife, who had been such a help to me, began to fail in health, both mentally and bodily, and I saw the end was coming.
My dear wife came to my rescue and undertook to teach me to read.
Give me your hand, my dear wife, and listen quietly to what I have to say.
Let us but remember all this, dear wife, and we shall not be sad any longer.
What we have so long feared, dear wife, has at last come upon us!
My dear wife," exclaimed I, "this dish is indeed a masterpiece of culinary art, but where had you met with it?
Do not be too sure of that, dear wife; when you see my contrivance completed, you will perhaps prefer it to this immovable wreck.
I think you have no cause for alarm, dear wife," I said.
Oh, yes, dear wife, thou shalt not spend thy strength On household duties, for thou'lt need it all Ere thy long task be done.
Retire, dear wife, and rest; I'll watch the hours Beside thee.
It is only a miserable attempt to explain the remarkable condition in which I found myself--a condition not quite so clear then as to-day, since at first it seemed treason towards my dear wife, and I bitterly reproached myself for it.
I said little, but said twas not five Moneths since I buried my dear Wife.
Thus, he writes from England: "My Dear Wife: Commend my Love to them all.
You were so long in the service of my dear wife," he said, "that it is fitting that you be present at the reading of her will, in which it is quite probable that you may be personally interested.
Then my dear wifeand I set out for Milan and the Villa d'Este.
That year my dear wife and I were again the guests of the Prince in that magnificent palace my admiration for which I have already told.
I forgot to say what great good fortune my dear wife's conduct procured for me.
But our little stock of money was running low; and my heart sickened to think what might be my dear wife's fate, and on what sort of a couch our child might be born.
I was proud and happy at being able to think that my dear wife should be able to labour and earn bread for me, now misfortune had put it out of my power to support me and her.
I wrote to her, therefore, begging her to pay all these debts, and promised myself on Monday morning again to be with my dear wife.
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