While the Cure lived he heard of him and of his fame now and then, and to the day of his death he always prayed for him. He was wont to say to the little Avocat whenever Francois's name was mentioned:
"The spirit of a man will support him, but a wounded spirit who can bear?"
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But a wounded spirit who can bear
Man grows old only by what he suffers, and what he forgives
You—you all were so ready to suspect