For things behind?” She said, “I’ll try.”

But even as she spoke the word,

The old time love for Peter stirred;

And mingling with her quick regret,

There came a sob and Peter’s wet,

Sad eyes peered at her through a rain

Of honest tears. She tried in vain

To choke her grief, but Zelia Dionne

Forgot her vow to be a nun,

And crying, “Pierre, I love you best!”