Chapter 24

In the weeks that followed he sent her a book or two, but he did not come. And so she tried to make up her life without him. She was lonely but she refused to yield to it. She built up a little group of interests. There was a church where she went early in the morning and again at vespers. It was a great church with all kinds of people coming and going, and there was marvelous work done in the parish. She found that she could help a little. And when things pressed upon her she sought strength and tranquillity in th…