Perhaps He chose to bless. I came to think

That even though I might not have her art,

Doretta’s art, that I at least might have

As much, perhaps, as guardian angels have,

Without our hands or voices, keeping watch

In spirit only. Still, when sister came,

The thought would come that, if their souls unseen

Could envy, sometimes they might envy men.

XV.

How hard I strove against this jealousy!—