A quite new feeling had sprung up in her soul, and since then she had constantly longed to see him again and talk it all over with him:--The little she had learnt of Christian doctrine did her heart good and had given her comfort and courage.

The world was so beautiful, and there were many more good men than bad.
It was a pleasure to love one's neighbor, and as for forgiving a wrong--that she had never found difficult.

It must be good to live on earth if everyone loved his neighbor as she loved him and he loved her; and life could not be a great hardship if in every trouble there was some one who was always ready to hear our cry and help us, out of pure beneficence.
Her innocent talk was to Marcus the greatest marvel of this day of miracles.

The soul which he had dreamed that he was called to save had, of its own accord, turned to walk in the path of salvation; he went on to tell her of the things which he felt to be most sublime and glorious in his creed, and at length he confessed that, though he had always loved his neighbor for Christ's sake, never till now had true and perfect love been revealed to him.

No power on earth could now part him from her, and when she should have been baptized there would be no further difficulty; their love might last till, and beyond, death, through all the ages of eternity.