She sobbed and laughed through her tears:
"I have tried to be all the time, Addie," she whispered. "But for you...."
"You know, life isn't all your first suffering."
"No, so you've told me."
"And you must believe it.... It will help you.... You have such a long future before you."
"Yes. Oh, Addie, Addie, but for you...."
"What?"
"I should have died! I have suffered so, I have suffered so!"
"And you see so much suffering around you.... But life...."
"Isn't all your first suffering ... as you say."