Chapter 416

“Agnes, please come with me and translate for everyone,” requested Gwen as she gently handed Lena to Hanna and walked toward the small platform. Once on the small stage, she took Agnes’ hand and tugged her over to stand nearby as she spoke.

“Thank you all. We greatly appreciate the reception we received today,” began Gwen. “Many of you appear to believe that my friends and I gave a great deal and received very little in return. That would be an incorrect assumption. You were the victims of a horrible tragedy, yet you gave us so much, and I thank you for it.”

Gwen paused occasionally to allow Agnes to translate her words into Hungarian. “You have given me faith; faith in my fellow man, and faith in a greater plan for us all. You’ve shown me courage, strength, and compassion. I will leave here a better person than I was when I arrived, and for that I thank all of you.

“We grieve for those wonderful souls we lost that terrible day, but we celebrate their lives and the