But her tears had been for Leonardo’s expulsion, and the loss of his companionship. . They are not your children, they never were. Reconnoitring them through a small grated loophole, he refused to open the door till they had explained their business. Have you not tired of sadness and pain?” 81 She thought she could hear tears in his voice but would not look at him. It may be treacherous, it may lay up a store of future woe; but it insures present happiness, and that is sufficient. ” And she knew that she was safe. But come in, dear. And then, “They seem changed. She rested for a half hour in heaven on earth, feeling herself drift in and out of sleep. ” “Please go then, Mr. If he succeeds there, I do not know how I can prove myself. Would Gerald wish his friend to follow the man? He had hardly registered the decision that he had best do so, albeit with some reluctance, when his trained senses alerted him to an extraordinary circumstance.