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pride, tenderness and solicitude. In her devoted sisterly 

 generosity, she resigned herself to the thought that her happy 

 dream must be of short duration. The wedding was fixed for 

 May 29. 



"I believe," wrote Pasteur to Chappuis, "that I shall be 

 very happy. Every quality I could wish for in a wife I find 

 in her. You will say, ' He is in love ! ' Yes, but I do not 

 think I exaggerate at all, and my sister Josephine quite agrees 

 with me." 



