6/20 Do not put any stumbling-block in your path which will make you suffer later on. Be humble, obey, check the impulse of your heart as much as possible." Subdued at last, Angelique restrained her tears, but grew very pale as she listened, and interrupted her by saying: "Mother, you pain me terribly. I love him, and I am sure that he loves me." Then she allowed her tears to flow. She was quite overcome by all she had listened to, softened, and with an expression in her eyes as if deeply wounded by the glimpse given her of the probable truth of the case. Yet she could suffer, and would willingly die, if need be, for her love. |