And now she is ashamed of me, her own mother! I can not help seeing that this is God's punishment to me for letting her marry an unbeliever." And Mrs.Herbert covered her face with her hands and burst out into bitter sobs.
Elisabeth took the weeping form into her strong young arms.

"My poor dear, you are doing Him an injustice, you are, indeed.

I am sure He minds even more than you do that Felicia is still so ignorant and foolish, and He is training her in His own way.

But He isn't doing it to punish you, dear; believe me, He isn't.

Why, even the ordinary human beings who are fond of us want to cure our faults and not to punish them," she continued, as the memory of Christopher's unfailing patience with her suddenly came into her mind, and she recalled how often she had hurt him, and how readily he had always forgiven her; "they are sorry when we do wrong, but they are even sorrier when we suffer for it.