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Nana takes me aside to say good-bye. We are in the chapel. We kneel before the statues on the altar. Then Nana crosses my forehead and says:
"I come to deliver my little child to thee, Lord, thou art witness that I can no longer watch over her now that distance will divide us. But thou who art here, and there also, protect her. Make her paths straight so that she may not trip or fall, so that the stone turns not against her to hit her, that no wild beast springs out on her to bite her, that the lightning shall not redden the roof that gives her shelter. For through my heart she has known thee and has sworn to be faithful to thee and has revered thee. For thou art the powerful one, and strong.