Paula the Waldensian - Eva Lecomte

Chapter 20
In His presence
At times I have wished to efface from my mind the memory of those last
moments that Paula was with us. Yet as I think of the dwelling to which she
has gone, and also the manner in which she went--in the path of duty--to the
House of Glory, as a good soldier of the Cross, I bless God and kneel in
gratitude to Him for having loaned her to us for those four precious years
when He used her to bring us all to the bleeding side of the Saviour, and thus
make us new creatures in Christ Jesus.
It was on the Wednesday after that Sunday when we had first attended
church. It had been a day of terrible heat. The oppressive atmosphere seemed
to promise an electric storm. Louis who had forgotten a study book when he
went to school on Monday, had returned to get it. Paula had tried to study,
but I could see she was having great difficulty.
Suddenly Teresa appeared and called Paula to take a letter which my
father wished to send to a man who lived in the Rue Fourmi.
"Go quickly, Paula, there's a storm brewing, but I think you can easily
get back before it breaks. The Rue Fourmi is not far away."
Paula had no time to answer before Teresa disappeared again to the
other end of the house.
Paula turned to Louis, who was about to start out for his uncle's house,
where he stayed during the week in order to be near his school.
"Louis dear," she said, "won't you please take this letter on your way
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