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"In Heaven, God will do all I desire, because on earth I have
never done my own will."

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"You will look down upon us from Heaven, will you not?"--"No, I
will come down."

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Some months before the death of Soeur Thérèse, _The Life of St.
Aloysius_ was being read in the refectory, and one of the Mothers
was struck by the mutual and tender affection which existed
between the young Saint and the aged Jesuit, Father Corbinelli.

"You are little Aloysius," she said to Thérèse, "and I am old
Father Corbinelli--be mindful of me when you enter Heaven." "Would
you like me to fetch you thither soon, dear Mother?" "No, I have
not yet suffered enough." "Nay, Mother, I tell you that you have
suffered quite enough." To which Mother Hermance replied: "I dare
not say Yes. . . . In so grave a matter I must have the sanction
of authority." So the request was made to Mother Prioress, who,
without attaching much importance to it, gave her sanction.

Now, on one of the last days of her life, Soeur Thérèse, scarcely
able to speak owing to her great weakness, received through the
infirmarian a bouquet of flowers. It had been gathered by Mother
Hermance, and was accompanied by an entreaty for one word of