It was but a dream, my Gabriella, but it may be that God destined you to fulfil a glorious mission: to lead your erring father back to the God he has forsaken.

It may be, that through you, an innocent and injured child, the heart sundered on earth may be reunited in heaven.
"One more charge, my best beloved.

In whatever situation of life you may be placed, remember our boundless obligations to the faithful Peggy, and never, never, be separated from her.

Repay to her as far as possible the long, long debt of love and devotion due from us both.

She has literally forsaken all to follow me and mine; and if there is a crown laid up in heaven for the true, self-sacrificing heart, that crown will one day be hers.
"The pen falls from my hand.