. Life and letters of Maggie Benson. Photo by Fredk. Argall, Truro.] Mrs. Benson and Maggie. [To lace page 268. TREMANS Maggie in her letter described a dream she hadrecently had, in which she was trying to climb tothe top of a great ruinous castle, with the floors goneand the stairways broken do\^^l. It was dark inthere among the precipitous walls ; but whenevershe hesitated, a strange light shone out on somehigher gallery or platform, which was a sign, sheknew in her dream, that she could reach it by adetermined effort. This, Maggie said, she had foundto be true of life, and that though ther
. Life and letters of Maggie Benson. Photo by Fredk. Argall, Truro.] Mrs. Benson and Maggie. [To lace page 268. TREMANS Maggie in her letter described a dream she hadrecently had, in which she was trying to climb tothe top of a great ruinous castle, with the floors goneand the stairways broken do\^^l. It was dark inthere among the precipitous walls ; but whenevershe hesitated, a strange light shone out on somehigher gallery or platform, which was a sign, sheknew in her dream, that she could reach it by adetermined effort. This, Maggie said, she had foundto be true of life, and that though there were heightswhich were unattainable, there was always a lightbreaking softly out upon any attainable point, whichbeckoned one on, gradually and securely, the Kindly Light of Newmans great friend writes— • She always had something of the child in her,and this made her love children and made them loveher. I can never forget the moment when I putmy first child in her arms, nor the loving laughterwith which she greeted my a
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