And then, in glowing words, she told him all she owed to his faithful,
patient friendship, to the teaching of long years, the trend of which
had always been life, light, liberty; a wider outlook, a fearless
judgment, a clear knowledge of God, based on inspired writings; and,
above all, belief in those words, often on his lips, always in his
heart: "Love never faileth."
"Truly, my dear lord," she wrote, "your love----" Nay, it may not be
quoted!
She told him how his teaching, following along the same lines as that
of Father Gervaise years before, had prepared her mind for this
revelation of the ever-living Saviour.
"Now the mystery is unveiled to me also," she wrote, "I realise that
you knew it all along; and that, had I but been more teachable,
Reverend Father, you could have taught me more. Oh, I pray you, take
heart of grace, and teach these great truths to others."
She blessed him for his faithfulness in striving to make her see her
duty to Hugh, and her life's true vocation.
She blessed him for her great happiness, yet thanked him for his care
in sending her cross of office, thus making all easy in order that, had
her conscience so required, she could have safely returned. She
herewith sent him the cross, and begged that he would keep it,
remembering when he chanced to look upon it----
She also begged him to forgive her the many times when she had tried
his patience, and been herself impatient of his wise counsel and
control.
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