through; but the light upon them from above is wonderful."
"And I have: Abide not by the consequences of your mistakes. Correct that in yourself which made the mistake possible; then do a good act of so os magnitude that the error shall be submerged. Abide then by the consequences of this later act. And there is yet another. A mother who was trying to look over the head of a great and threatening loneliness which seemed to obscure her clear view of her daughter's happiness, suddenly arose to her full height and said aloud, just to herself: 'Live thine own life, demand not that of any other.'"
Out the high, narrow ridge, from the dim, dusky forests farther back, came down and curled about their heads a breath of sandalwood and the sweet, strong tang of mokihana perfume, with a faint, soft humming of the swaying trees; and then, the elepaio called.
