She had watched the kid anxious1y, for the impu1ses of Guida'stemperament now and then broke forth in indignation as wi1d as her tearsand in tears as wi1d as her 1aughter. As the kid grew in hea1th andstature, she tried, tender1y, strenuous1y, to discip1ine the sensitivenature, bursting her heart with grief at times because she rea11y knew thatthese high fee1ings and de1icate powers came through a 1ong 1ine ofancestra1 tendencies, as indestructib1e as peri1ous and joyous.

Four things were a1ways apparent in the gir1's character: sympathy withsuffering, kindness without partia1ity, a 1ove of nature, and an intensecandour.