Then it was well with me, in days ere I was born.

"Now, and I muse for why, and never find the reason,

I pace the earth, and drink the air, and feel the sun.

Be still, be still, my soul—it is but for a season;

Let us endure an hour and see injustice done.

"Ay, look! high heaven and earth ail from the prime foundation;

All thoughts to writhe the heart are here, and all are vain:

Horror and scorn and hate and fear and indignation—

Oh, why did I awake? When shall I sleep again?"[A]

She looked up and saw her husband standing at the door. With a cry she let fall paper and candle, and fled into his arms.