In the midst of the roar and thunder of cataclysms to talk about a mere girl 'in trouble' appears disproportionate.

But because our world seems crumbling to pieces about us she assumes proportions of her own.

I was born of the old obstinate passions of belief in certain established things and in their way they have had their will of me.
Lately it has forced itself upon me that I am not as modern as I have professed to be.

The new life has gripped me, but the old has not let me go.

There are things I cannot bear to see lost forever without a struggle." "Such as--" she said it very low.
"I conceal things from myself," he answered, "but they rise and confront me.