But he replied: "Nay, nay.

The Saviour is already taking me by the hand.

Farewell, and again farewell.

Did you bring Paula?
I do not see her.

Did you bring Paula with you, sweetheart?
She--did she leave us in anger?
If she only knew; ah! your Paula has treated us ill." The child's heart was still full of the horrible crime which had so revolted her truthful nature, and which had deprived her of rest all through an evening, a long night and a morning; she laid her little head close to that of the old man--her dearest and best friend.