[Illustration: Country House scene by _A H Payne_]
["Dearest Helen! why should we ever leave this paradise of sweets?"]
A
WIFE'S DUTY,
A Tale
by
Mrs. Opie
[Illustration: A view between Paris and Marseilles]
"There is no killing like that which kills the heart."
SHAKSPEARE.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY GROVE AND SON,
TRINITY STREET, SOUTHWARK.
1847.