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"His will be done. He may yet turn away from us this misery. We may yet
live, Charles, to look on these things as our dearest reminiscences."
"We may; but it is not the chance for which we should be best prepared.
We are not to expect that God will raise his arm especially to vindicate
our injuries; it would be all but blasphemous to ask Him to do so. We
are but a link in the chain of events which His wisdom has designed.
Should we wish that that chain should be broken for our purposes?"
"Surely not. I would not be so presumptuous as to name my own wishes in
my prayers to the Creator."
"No; leave it to His wisdom to arrange our weal or woe in this world;
satisfied with this, that He has promised us happiness in the world
which is to come."
"I must leave you on Monday, dearest," continued he, after a pause,
during which he sat with his wife's hand within his own.
"So soon, Charles!"
"Yes, dearest, on Monday. Henri, and Adolphe, and others, will be here
on Sunday; and our different duties will commence immediately.


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