She gets hard and bitter and resentful -- I have , anyway . I struggled against it at first , but it has been too much for me . It poisons everything . There is nobody to care anything about me , whether I live or die . '' `` Oh , yes , there is One , '' said Miss Channing gently . `` God cares , Constance . '' Constance gave a disagreeable little laugh . `` That sounds like Miss Williams -- she is so religious . God does n't mean anything to me , Miss Channing . I 've just the same resentful feeling toward him that I have for all the world , if he exists at all . There , I 've shocked you in good earnest now . You should have left me alone , Miss Channing . '' `` God means nothing to you because you 've never had him translated to you through human love , Constance , '' said Miss Channing seriously . `` No , you have n't shocked me -- at least , not in the way you mean . I 'm only terribly sorry . '' `` Oh , never mind me , '' said Constance , freezing up into her reserve again as if she regretted her confidences . `` I 'll get along all right . This is one of my off days , when everything looks black . '' Miss Channing walked on in silence . She must help Constance , but Constance was not easily helped .
When school reopened , she might be able to do something worthwhile XXXXX the girl , but just now the only thing to do was to put her in the way of a pleasant vacation .
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