Sentence:  When in early days the sisters had gently <WSD>condoled</WSD> her upon her losses, they had been met with that majesty and stoicism of which Monsieur Papin had written. ‘What will you ladies?' she had answered, shrugging her shoulders, ‘it is Fate.' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To condole with (someone).