"But I am with Him!"
"God has used you to work for Him."
"All I have done counts for nothing, only the immense grace and love of God remain."
CHAPTER XII
SO GREAT FAITH
It was mid-winter, and the ground was covered with snow. There was no little anxiety at the Villette. Forty hungry mouths had to be filled at the École Militaire, and there was nothing for dinner. The simple fact was that the cash-box was empty, and it was difficult not to have a heavy heart. But the maxim of a Salutiste is "Keep believing!" God had never forsaken the Maréchale when she trusted in Him. Depression and melancholy she regarded as lack of faith. She bade her secretary call a fiacre. When they got in, the officer said—
"You have the fare, Maréchale?"
"No!"
"But——-"
"The Lord have mercy upon you! Where is your faith? Get down on your knees and pray!"