She loved me as her father ; nor was Mrs. Villars less valued by her ; while to me she became so dear , that her losslosswas little less afflicting than that which I have since sustained of Mrs. Villars herself .
This lossloss, however great , he bore like a man of sense and constancy , though it must be confest he would often talk a little whimsically on this head ; for he sometimes said he looked on himself as still married , and considered his wife as only gone a little before him , a journey which he should most certainly , sooner or later , take after her ; and that he had not the least doubt of meeting her again in a place where he should never part with her more -- sentiments for which his sense was arraigned by one part of his neighbours , his religion by a second , and his sincerity by a third .
First , the deathdeathof my dearly beloved wife , and next , the losslossof my boy , Harvey . "
Whenever any one gets a good friend in this world , they 're the first to be took away , " saidsaythe weepingweephandmaiden , who naturally sawseeher own losslossin the most vivid light .
On the contrary , a painful heavinessheavinesspossessed him when he became awareawarehow little real sorrow was in his mind , and how small an actual losslosswas this losslossof his wife , which bulked before the world as an eventeventof just as much magnitude as the lossloss, for example , which poor Mr Lake , the drawing-master , was at the same moment suffering .
On the contrary , a painful heavinessheavinesspossessed him when he became awareawarehow little real sorrow was in his mind , and how small an actual losslosswas this losslossof his wife , which bulked before the world as an eventeventof just as much magnitude as the lossloss, for example , which poor Mr Lake , the drawing-master , was at the same moment suffering .
On the contrary , a painful heavinessheavinesspossessed him when he became awareawarehow little real sorrow was in his mind , and how small an actual losslosswas this losslossof his wife , which bulked before the world as an eventeventof just as much magnitude as the lossloss, for example , which poor Mr Lake , the drawing-master , was at the same moment suffering .