Yet his conviction of the validity of his inner life was not shaken for an instant.

Nor was the trial of long duration.

We have found a letter from Father Heilig dated two months later than the one we have been considering, and it is full of messages of reassurance and encouragement.

The intervention of De Buggenoms completed the work.

It is possible that Father Heilig had not simply a desire to test Brother Hecker's humility, but, by studying the effect of the trial imposed, to remove doubts still lingering in his own mind.