"We can never tell whether the time has come for us or not," said Alexey Alexandrovitch severely.

" We ought not to think whether we are ready or not ready.

God's grace is not guided by human considerations: sometimes it comes not to those that strive for it, and comes to those that are unprepared, like Saul.

" "No, I believe it won't be just yet," said Lidia Ivanovna, who had been meanwhile watching the movements of the Frenchman.