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`` I would have none be afraid while God reigns , Margot . May you ever say that you will not fear ! The blessing of God may be on us now , love ; but it was never more so than when we went home to our hut at Breda . When I lay under the trees at noon , taking care of the cattle , how many things I used to think of to say to you when I came home ! '' `` And so did I , as I kneeled at my washing by the brook-side , and you were driving Monsieur Bayou , twenty miles off , and were expected home in the evening . How much there was to say at the end of those days ! '' `` It was not for ourselves then , Margot , that we have been raised to what we are .