Were my doubts dissipated?Was my confidence restored?You may judge by this fact:privately I raised my salary to twelve hundred the first year on the spot.But I didn't tell her;I saved it for a surprise.
All the way home I was in the clouds,Hastings talking,I not hearing a word.When he and I entered my parlor,he brought me to myself with his fervent appreciations of my manifold comforts and luxuries.