And, now that you have made this sad mistake, it will be
a lesson to you for all the rest of your life, no matter how it may turn
out in the end, that children should not run away into the unknown
world, nor undertake things about which they are utterly ignorant; and
that without saying a word to their parents or to their grandmothers,
who love them so well. But now the kind God has allowed it to happen,
and we may certainly hope that it will all be finished right.
"Now ponder this well, my Stineli, and never forget what you have thus
learned by experience; and now--for I see how heavily it weighs down
your heart--it will be well for you to go to pray to the good God, that
He will allow this mistake of yours and Rico to turn out all right. And
then you can be happy again, Stineli, and I shall be so, too; for I
believe firmly that Rico is living, and that the good God has not
forsaken him."
And Stineli became after this like her former happy self; and, although
she missed Rico constantly, still she no longer felt worried, nor did
she reproach herself, but looked continually down the road to Maloja,
expecting to see him.
CHAPTER XI.
A LONG JOURNEY.
On that memorable Sunday evening, Rico seated himself on the chair in
his gloomy bedroom. There he decided to stay until his cousin had
gone to bed.
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