And now--but why trouble the reader with any further remarks of the past?
That is gone and forever.

We have seen her tread the paths in which all that is dismal and wretched abides; we have seen herself and her children lead a life, the very thought of which should cause us to pray it may never be our lot.

Words can avail but little.

They only fill the brain with gladness for awhile to turn to horror afterwards.

We have but to write of the present.