Chapter 19: Six Months

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌⁠The ensuing half year seemed fuller of duties and events than any Sylvia had ever known. At first she found it very hard to live her life alone; for inward solitude oppressed her, and external trials were not wanting. Only to the few who had a right to know, had the whole trouble been confided. They were discreet from family pride, if from no tenderer feeling; but the curious world outside of that