Beth and Alice looked much happier; the visit to Land's End was growing more and more interesting, since Nora and Janey were beginning to be ashamed of their first attitude and trying to make amends.
"There's a song that goes like this," said Janey:
"'I would be true, for there are those who trust me,
I would be pure, for there are those who care,
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer,
I would be brave, for there is much to dare'…"
"I love to sing those words, don't you, Nora? There always seems a lot of things to do in it, that are worthwhile."
"There are a lot of worthwhile things to follow out in the song," Nora replied, "suppose we all sing it together, before we start to get ready for our journey?"
They all crossed quickly over to the open piano in one corner of the room. Nora had taken music and so was the pianist of the family. She struck the opening chords, and then they all joined in singing it through.
"'I would look up—and laugh—and love—and lift—" the music died away, while the girls remained in thought for a few moments. It was Nora who broke the pause, glancing around on the group who had always looked up to her.
"I think the words are beautiful," she commented softly—"I somehow feel braver, when I sing them thoughtfully—'I would look up—and laugh—and love—and—lift!'"
"I think I'll take that as my motto to try and follow."
"I would like to also," Janey, too, was thinking hard.