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Mr. Benoliel, however, persisted.
"I daren't be silent, Cynthia. There are just three great crises -- some would say three great catastrophes -- birth, marriage, and death. The first and the last happen. They are outside our control. But about the middle one we do ourselves have a word to say; we can direct it. And it's the most important of them all. For it means the beginning of life for others, and the making or undoing of our own. Therefore you can't afford to trust to luck, Cynthia."