Note by the Editor.
The sincerity of Sarah's dying declaration that
“even in thought she had never dishonored her
husband,” was confirmed by the confession of
Mrs. Bellamy. Indeed, it was hardly possible
for any one to doubt her truth who were acquainted
with her, as she never seriously averred the
thing that was not; professed an affection she did
not feel, or disguised a disgust that she did.
Her husband felt her loss for a few days, very
severely; for a few weeks was decently grave;
but the seductive Romain tried means to comfort
him, and he was comforted, until he married
her. Alas, poor Darnley, she then paid him with
interest, all he had inflicted on the uncomplaining,
unoffending Sarah From this account of
our Heroine's sufferings, let no one say, where
then is the reward of virtue, if such a woman is
not happy? but let them reflect on her peaceful,
beatified end, and cry, “Vice, where are thy
fascinations? will they take out the sting of
death?—No—It is the sincere and pious spirit
alone that tried in the thrice heated furnace of
affection, comes out like refined gold, bright and
pure, fit to be placed in the palace of the Most
High.”
