I merely answered: "With Him are the issues of life." "And I have tried to leave all with Him," she said.

"To be willing to suffer even that loss, the bare thought of which makes me shudder.

But I am not equal to the trial, and in mercy He has spared me." "He is full of compassion, and gracious.

He knows our strength, and will not test it beyond the limits of endurance." "Doctor," she said, a light coming into her face, "I have much to say to you, but not now.

I think you can understand me." I merely bowed.
"There is one thing," she went on, "that I have liked in you from the beginning.