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with her needle in preparing simple vestments for hour household, while her husband read aloud selected passages from a small collection of books, which was annually increased by an appropriated sum. Music frequently concluded in the evening: Mrs. Neville touched the piano-forte with more feeling than skill, and accompanied by her voice (sweet, but without compass) simple canzonets, impassioned airs, or plaintive ballads.
Through this happy family, perfect harmony and tenderness reigned: Mr. Neville loved and entirely confided in his wife, of whose value he was justly sensible; while her affection for him had in it I know not what of tender solicitude, of exquisite softness, of ardent
