'
"'What do you think of that?' asked poor Delia, looking almost
wildly into my face.
"'I think,' said I, 'that you hold in your hands the means of
safety. Your husband will not dare to force you into a defensive
position, when he learns that you have this document in your
possession. It would tell strongly against him and his perjured
witnesses if produced in court. Then take heart, my friend. This
worst evil that you dreaded will not come to pass. If a divorce is
granted, it will have to be on some different allegation.'
"She grasped my hand, and said, 'Oh, do you think so? Do you think
so?'"
"'I am sure of it,' was my confident answer. 'Sure of it. Why the
man would only damage his cause, and disgrace himself, by venturing
into a trial with a witness like this against him.'"
"'Oh, bless you for such confidently assuring words!' and the poor
creature threw herself forward, and laid her face upon my bosom. For
the first time she wept, and for a season, oh how wildly! You will
not wonder that my tears fell almost as fast as hers.
"'I turned in my despair to you,' she said, on growing calm, 'you
whom I loved, and almost revered, in the earlier and better days of
my life, and my heart tells me that I have not turned in vain.
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