So at each return of hereditary tendency to excess, the struggle has been less severe, and I have triumphed over temptation more easily.

Now, at last, everything assures me that the supreme contest has just taken place; that henceforth it is finished for ever.

I have conquered myself, and my nature is freed from the evil tendencies it had.

Ah! dear Seigneur, I love you so much! Do not let us do the slightest thing to mar our happiness.

To be happy it is always necessary to submit." As he took another step towards her, she was at the threshold of the great window, which was now wide open on to the balcony.