If Mrs. Beaufort had not taken the tone that such misfortunes (the word was her own) were \"the test of friendship,\" compassion for her might have tempered the general indignation against her husband. As it was—and especially after the object of her nocturnal visit to Mrs. Manson Mingott had become known—her cynicism was held to exceed his; and she had not the excuse—nor her detractors the satisfaction—of pleading that she was
If Mrs. Beaufort had not taken the tone that such misfortunes (the word was her own) were \"the test of friendship,\" compassion for her might have tempered the general indignation against her husband. As it was—and especially after the object of her nocturnal visit to Mrs. Manson Mingott had become known—her cynicism was held to exceed his; and she had not the excuse—nor her detractors the satisfaction—of pleading that she was
