Twice they had resolved to give her up and send her back to the Asylum, so discouraged were they and so deeply did they regret having taken her.

But each time these frightful scenes, which almost made the house tremble, ended in the same deluge of tears, and the same excited expressions and acts of penitence, when the child would throw herself on the floor, begging them so earnestly to punish her that they were obliged to forgive her.
Little by little, Hubertine gained great authority over her.

She was peculiarly adapted for such a task, with her kind heart, her gentle firmness, her common-sense and her uniform temper.

She taught her the duty of obedience and the sin of pride and of passion.

To obey was to live.