"Your life＇s before you yet," Isabel answered gently,for she was vaguely awe-struck.
"No; the best part＇s gone, and gone for nothing."
"Surely not for nothing," said Isabel.
"Why not—what have I got? Neither husband, nor child, nor fortune, nor position, nor the traces of a beauty that I never had."
"You have many friends, dear lady."
"I＇m not so sure!" cried Madame Merle.
"Ah, you＇re wrong. You have memories, graces,talents—"
