It has pleased Him to drop one other bitter drop into what would
otherwise have been the entire sweetness of Christian's overflowing
cup. She has no children--that is, no children of her very own. Year by
year, that hope of motherhood, in all its exquisite bliss, slipped away.
At last it had quite to be let go, and its substitute accepted--as we most
of us have, more or less, to accept the will of Heaven instead of our
will, and go on our way resignedly, nay, cheerfully, knowing that,
whether we see it or not, all is well.
Christian Grey had to learn this lesson, and she did learn it, not at first,
but gradually. She smothered up all regrets in her silent heart, and took
to her bosom those children which Providence had sent her. She
devoted herself entirely to them, brought them up wisely and well, and
in their love and their father's she was wholly satisfied.
The End.
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