Excerpt from Grasp Your Nettle, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel But bad as it all was, and though she was full of fear and anguish - left too for the time to bear the storm alone (and yet one is never really alone while one is loved; it is the withdrawal of the love, not the person, that widows), she felt herself able to rise superior to all outside pressure, while it was still only doubt with hope to buttress up the weaker side. While it was a contest between the world and her love she had no fear of failing it was only when she foresaw the time when it would be a contest between her conscience and her love that she quailed. However, she could determine nothing for the future. Strong in her love she quietly bided her time and waited; bear ing her cross patiently, but bearing it herself neither asking others to take it from her, nor seeking to slip from under it: which is what so many do, even those of us who look strong, and get credit for vigorous porterage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.