The tears streaming down her face, she spoke of her child, of her woman's honour — of her desire to keep her reputation untarnished for the child's sake.
In the new niche of the crypt lay a rather new coffin, which had lost some of its lustre, and a newer coffin still, bright and untarnished in the slightest degree.
As he watched, the dead flat of the scenery overpowered him, though he was fully alive to the beauty of that untarnished early summer green which was worn for the nonce by the poorest blade.