Agatha, and Victorine, and I, have schooled ourselves to think of death without flinching." "To think without flinching of the death of others, is the difficulty," said Agatha.

"I fear we have none of us as yet brought ourselves to that." "But we must think of the death of others," said Henri.

"Should de Lescure fall--" "May God Almighty in His mercy protect and guard him!" said the sister.
"But should he fall--and in battle there is none, I will not say so rash, but so forward as him--should he fall, will it not be a comfort to him to know that his sister has a husband to protect her; that his widow has a brother to whom she can turn.

Should I fall, will it not be better for Agatha that you should be more closely knit together even than you are ?" "That can never be, can it, Agatha?
We can never be more entirely sisters than we are." "You talk like a child, Marie.

You perhaps may never have a warmer love for each other than you now have, but that is not the question.