Sayfa 892 / 896

"What I have been thinking as we came along, and what I am still

thinking now, as I look into your kind strong face which gives me

so much support, is this:--If the Republic really does good to

the poor, and they come to be less hungry, and in all ways to

suffer less, she may live a long time: she may even live to be

old."

"What then, my gentle sister?"

"Do you think:" the uncomplaining eyes in which there is so much

endurance, fill with tears, and the lips part a little more and

tremble: "that it will seem long to me, while I wait for her in

the better land where I trust both you and I will be mercifully

sheltered?"

"It cannot be, my child; there is no Time there, and no trouble

there."

"You comfort me so much! I am so ignorant. Am I to kiss you now?

Is the moment come?"

"Yes."