They are just like us at home." Elsli's sobs prevented her from saying any more.

The remembrance of her early sufferings and the thought of her parents' trials came over her like a flood, and she sobbed as if her heart would break.

Clarissa lifted her head and raised the pillows behind it, so that she could look out into the clear, star-lit night.
Elsli gradually grew more tranquil, and by and by she looked up into Clarissa's face and smiled.
"Do you think I shall go to Nora ?" she asked.

"The old grandfather said that only good people go to heaven." "My child" said Clarissa, "our Lord and Saviour shows us the way.

He has opened the door for those who have erred, and shown us that our Heavenly Father is always ready to forgive and receive those who repent and turn to him.