...for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intende… - Louisa May Alcott

We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another. Out burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is a true Celestial City. Now, my little pilgrims, suppose you begin again, not in play, but in earnest, and see how far on you can get before Father comes home.

The fun and fame do not last, while the memory of a real helper is kept green long after poetry is forgotten and music silent.

You see, she learned to love him one summer (...) so she put her love away in a corner of her heart, and tried to forget it, hoping it would either die, or have a right to live.