Chapter 40: Near the Goal

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌⁠From that hour Magdalena Freyer never left her husband's bedside. Though friends came in turn to share the night-watches, she remained with them. After a few days the doctor said that unless an attack of weakness supervened, the danger was over for the present, though he did not conceal from her that the disease was incurable. She clasped her hands and answered: "I will consider every day that I a