She was silent an instant.
"Do you think it will take vengeance?"
Mlle. Frahender came in.
"What will take vengeance?"
"Fate."
"My dear child, what is called Fate is simply the law of God."
"Then if God is just he will not avenge himself, for what has happened is not my fault."
The old lady looked at the young girl very tenderly.
"My dear child, do not get into the habit of throwing the responsibility of your actions upon others. Certainly we are not responsible for events, but we can almost always choose the way to meet them. Only, some flatter their passions and refuse to assert themselves against them! This weakness opens the door to all other concessions, and then it becomes difficult to make a loyal examination of our conscience."
"Is that my case?" asked the young girl with some anxiety.