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 The husband noticed the absence of the ring and finally found out where it had gone. He went to the young man who had it and received it back, and without a fight, for the young man who had it in his pocket was glad to give it back.

Can you imagine a situation more pitiable? The husband actually loved his wife, although to my mind from things I saw, he was not much of a man. The wife evidently did not love him and was ready to be untrue to him. He could not trust her. What are they to do? I do not know. The woman was without either love or honor. She had no principle whatsoever. How far could he trust her? You have the answer.

But that is the dark side of the case, one of the many tragedies of life. We are thinking rather of people who have some sense of honor, some principles by which to guide their lives. How far can a husband trust his wife? How far can a wife trust her husband?

It is all a matter of character. If the wife is without that kind of character which comes from religion, or from high moral principle, she is walking along a slippery road.

If the man is without high moral principle, he also is in constant danger.