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`` He is a just God . In my worst trials I have never doubted that , '' replied Lord Cairnforth , solemnly . And then he repeated those words of St. Paul , to which many an agonized doubter has clung , as being the last refuge of sorrow -- the only key to mysteries which sometime shake the firmest faith -- '' ` For now we see through a glass darkly , but then face to face ; now I know in part , but then shall I know even as also I am known . ' '' When Helen rose to retire , which was not till midnight -- for the earl seemed unwilling to let her go , saying it was so long since they had had a quiet talk together -- he asked her earnestly if she were content about her son . `` Perfectly content . Not merely content , but happy -- happier than I once thought it possible to be in this world . And it is you who have done it all -- you who have made my boy what he is .