As soon as this decree, authorizing a sale of the property, was
made, Mrs. Montgomery began to make preparation for removal. At
first she seemed inclined to favor a return to England; but after
repeated conferences with Mr. Wallingford, she finally concluded to
remain in this country.
Nearly three years had woven their many colored web of events, since
Mrs. Montgomery had dropped down suddenly among us like a being from
cloudland. The friendly relation established between us in the
beginning, had continued, growing more and more intimate. My good
Constance found in her a woman after her own heart.
"The days I spend at the Allen House," she would often say to me,
"are days to be remembered. I meet with no one who lives in so pure
and tranquil an atmosphere as Mrs. Montgomery. An hour with her
lifts me above the petty cares and selfish struggles of this life,
and fills my mind with longings after those higher things into which
all must rise before that peace comes to the soul which passeth all
understanding. I return home from these interviews, happier in mind,
and stronger for life's duties.
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