The Last Letter Home by Vilhelm Moberg

Author:Vilhelm Moberg [Moberg, Vilhelm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780873517164
Publisher: BookMobile
Published: 2009-07-23T14:00:00+00:00

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A settler wife’s evening prayer:

. . . yes, dear God . . . it was terrible . . . worse than I had ever feared . . . He was frightened beyond reason. Never have I seen him so frightened as tonight . . . never! I couldn’t help no matter what I said. Therefore I wish to pray to you, dear God—help me! Help me reassure Karl Oskar! Help me remove the anxiety from him! For he cannot carry on like this all the time till February . . .

I myself . . . I know not what to do any more . . . but I trust in you, dear God. You are the only one who can remove the fear from my husband. Don’t let Karl Oskar worry! Tell him there’s no danger! Now he only says everything is his fault, his responsibility. But you—you know all, you know how it happened . . .

Myself . . . I’ll do all I can to help him in this. But I’m so tired, dear God, you know how tired I am . . .

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