For I know not by what Goodness of Providence it is, that every Gush of Passion is a step towards the Relief of it; and there is a certain Comfort in the very Act of Sorrowing, which, I suppose, arises from a secret Consciousness in the Mind, that the Affliction it is under flows from a virtuous Cause.

The hostess gushes at us: "Dear Mrs. Gurrage, so good of you to comeand this is Mrs. Gussie?"