Do not be afraid then of the blackness of the passage, for beyond it shines the immortal light in that land where there is understanding and all forgiveness.
Therefore be glad, Godfrey, for the night of sorrows is at an end and the dawn breaks of peace that passes understanding." Godfrey woke and spoke to the old Pasteur who was watching by his bed while Mrs.Parsons wept at its foot.
"Did you see anything ?" he asked.
"No, my son," he answered, "but I felt something.

It was as though an angel stood at my side." Then Godfrey told him all his vision, and much else besides, of which before he had never spoken to living man.
"It well may be, my son," answered the Pasteur, "since to those who have suffered greatly, the good God gives the great reward.

He Who endured pain can understand our pains, and He Who redeemed sin can understand and be gentle to our sins, for His is the true Love Eternal.
So go forward with faith and gladness, and in the joy of that new world and of the lost which is found again, think sometimes of the old Pasteur who hopes soon to join you there." Then he shrove and blessed him.
After this Godfrey slept awhile to wake elsewhere in the Land of that Love Eternal which the soul of Isobel foreknew..