He takes her in his arms. He kisses her and holds her to his breast....
Presently strains of music came from another room. He listened as if surprised, but she looked up into her husband's eyes and smiled. The music ceased and a little girl appeared in the doorway.
"May I come in?" she asked.
"Alice, my darling."
She runs towards them.
"Papa, papa, oh, how glad I am!"
He lifted her up and she threw her arms about his neck and kissed him again and again.
"What a beautiful place this is!" she said. "O, mamma, I am very happy!"
"Yes, Alice, we are all happy—happy beyond expression. We now can partly understand that glorious truth taught us, that 'spirit and element, inseparably connected, receiveth a fulness of joy.'"