But as I looked I saw there was high purpose as well as a world of pity in the face--as though she would have me know that not in vain her innocence had borne the burden of sin. And I was full of wondering. Till, suddenly, I realised that not to comfort me alone, nor mainly, was Betty leaning out of heaven ... _she was come to do for others what no one had done for her_. Then the agony of the sacrifice swept over me afresh. I remembered I had gone back into that last Darkness saying, as I had said ten thousand times before: "Why had this come to Betty?" And now again I asked: "Why had it to be you?" Through the gentle grey of morning Betty seemed to be leading me into the Light. For the answer to my question was that the suffering of evil-doers had never been fruitful as the suffering of the innocent had been. Was there, then, some life-principle in such pain? A voice said: "You shall find in mortal ill, the seed of Immortal Good." I knelt down by the window and thanked my sister. Others shall thank her, too. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Small caps are indicated by ALL CAPS. In the original, mid-chapter breaks are indicated by either asterisks (retained here) or by double-spaced lines (a row of dots here). Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and use of accents appear as in the original. End-of-line hyphenations in the original are rejoined here. Obvious typographical errors have been changed. Contents: "NUMBUS" to "NIMBUS" Page 2: "wheat-ears'" to "wheat-ear's" (a wheat-ear's hidden) Page 12: "servants" to "servants'" (the servants' gossip) Page 24: "Fairly" to "Fairy" (the Fairy Tale element) Page 49: period added (my mother liked him.) Page 52: "Helmstone's" to "Helmstones'" (acquaintance of the Helmstones') Page 88: quote added (fragrance to their breath.") Page 93: removed hyphen from "live-laborious days" Page 175: "seedums" to "sedums" (mosses, sedums and suchlike) Page 226: "d'automme" to "d'automne" (feuille d'automne touched) Page 227: "Drew" to "Dew" (Dew Pond House) Page 259: "then" to "them" (take them to my sister)