The child has not a trace of her, not even in her looks; everything is lost that used to remind me of her." "Oh, Mr.Hellmut, if I might be allowed to say anything else, I would only add one word," Martha replied calmly.

"I have always found that a little love goes further than many good rules.

I know that a young child can be frightened by harsh words more than grown-up people realize.

Afterwards they cannot understand the cause of the shy behavior which is the result.

Cornelli has not lost her mother's eyes, only one cannot see them under her hanging fringes." "Yes, that's it, Martha, this horrible disfigurement, this obstinacy which holds fast to it all.