Sentence:  She <WSD>recks</WSD> not now, as of old, whether her word carries with it the sting or the sweet&mdash;it is not now in her thought to ask whether pain or pleasure follows the thoughtless slight or the scornful pleasantry. The victim suffers, but she <WSD>recks</WSD> not of his grief. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider.