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childhood had been passed with her father's mother, a silent woman who

with bitter expectation of success had set herself to discover in

Helena traits of the poor, dead, foolish ho had broken her son's

heart "Granded

towards the hard

old woman noas not resentment; it was only wonder "Why didn't

she like ht It never occurred to her

that her granduarded and distrusted her had also loved

her "Of course I never loved her," she reminded herself, "but I

wouldn't have wanted her to be unhappy She wanted me to be wretched

Curious!" Yet she realized that at that time she had not desired love;

she had only desired happiness Looking back, she pondered on her

astounding iine that

randmother would be

happiness, and so had hteen, and so pretty She s how pretty she was

And Frederick had made such promises! She was to have every kind of

happiness Of course she hadof it now, she did

not in the least blaeon doors open and the

prisoner catches a glireen world of sunshine, what

happens? Of course she had ht of it; it did not enter into the bargain--at least on her

part She married him because he wanted her to, and because he would

randmother had been! At the

memory of that passionate satisfaction, Helena clasped her hands over

the two brown braids that folded like a chaplet around her head and

laughed aloud, the tears still glittering on her lashes Her prayers,

her grandirl was safe--an honest

wife! "Now lettest Thou Thy servant--" the old woratitude in her voice