Why had
she never realized this before? He knew; God knew; she was not alone,
because the Father Himself was with her.
She had no time to pray consciously, in so many words of set speech; but
her whole heart was full of prayer and hope. The terror of temptation
was gone; nay, for the time, the temptation itself was gone, for she was
lifted up far above it. She could use the powerful remedy on which her
husband's life depended with no danger to herself. Her thoughts ran
busily forward into a blissful future. How happy they would all be
again! How diligently she would guard herself! Her life henceforth
should be spent as under the eye of God.
At last the morning dawned, and a gray light stole even through the
darkened portholes--a faint light, but sufficient for her to see her
husband's face more clearly. His heart beat under her hand with more
vigor, and the color had come back to his lips. She could see now how
every drop he swallowed brought, a more healthy hue to his face. He had
attempted to speak more than once, but she laid her hand on his mouth to
enforce silence until his strength was more equal to the effort.
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