Chapter 43

And she looked down into the well; and it was a happiness to see how the one became a blessing to the world, to see how much happiness and joy were felt everywhere. And she saw the other's life, and it was sorrow and distress, horror, and wretchedness. “Both of them are God's will!” said Death. “Which of them is Misfortune's flower and which is that of Happiness?” asked she. “That I will not tell thee,” said Death; “but this thou shalt know from me, that the one flower was thy own child! it was thy child's fate th…