Work: A Story of Experience - Chapter 19

WHEN it was all over, the long journey home, the quiet funeral, the first sad excitement, then came the bitter moment when life says to the bereaved ¹: "Take up your burden and go on alone." Christie's had been the still, tearless grief hardest to bear, most impossible to comfort; and, while Mrs. Sterling ² bore her loss with the sweet patience of a pious ³ heart, and Letty mourned her brother with the tender sorrow that finds relief in natural ways, the widow sat among them, as tranquil ⁴, colorless, and mute, as if her soul had followed David, leaving the shadow of her former self behind., ,"He will not come to me, but I shall go to him," seemed to be the thought that sustained her, and those who loved her said despairingly to one another: "Her heart is broken: she will not linger long.", ,But one woman wise in her own motherliness always answered hopefully: "Don't you be troubled; Nater knows what's good for us, and works in her own way. Hearts like this don't break, and sorrer only makes 'em stronger. You mark my words: the blessed baby that's a comin' in the summer will work a merrycle, and you'll see this poor dear a happy woman yet.", , ,She alone could win a faint smile from Christie with some odd saying, some shrewd opinion, and she alone brought tears to the melancholy ¹³ eyes that sorely needed such healing dew; for she carried little Adelaide, and without a word put her into Christie's arms, there to cling and smile and babble ¹⁴ till she had soothed ¹⁵ the bitter pain and hunger of a suffering heart., ,She and Mr. Power held Christie up through that hard time, ministering to soul and body with their hope and faith till life grew possible again, and from the dust of a great affliction rose the sustaining power she had sought so long., ,an organization offering counselling for the bereaved 为死者亲友提供辅导的组织,Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？