45/57 He was reading a letter when Jane appeared, but when he understood that it really was Jane, he was lost in amazement and the letter fell to the ground. "O John, do you know what has happened to me ?" "A miracle, my darling! But how ?" And he drew her to his side and kissed her. "You are like yourself--you are as lovely as you were in the hour I first saw you." "John, I went to the oak-wood early this morning. I carried with me all my sins and troubles, and as I thought of them my heart was nearly broken and I wept till I could weep no longer. Then a passionate longing to pray urged me to tell God everything, and He heard me and pitied and forgave me. |