His
face and manner was quiet and thoughtful. He had consented to his trial
outwardly; inwardly he knew it to be overcome. And to suffer, to be
wronged and unhappy, yet not to cease being loving and pleasant, implies
a very powerful, Christ-like disposition.
He knew well very hard days were before his people, and he was now
endeavoring by every means in his power to provide alleviations for the
great tragedy he saw approaching. All other things seemed less urgent,
and a letter from Harry full of small worries about pictures and
bric-a-brac was almost an irritation. But he answered it in brotherly
fashion and laid the responsibility so kindly on Harry himself that the
careless young fellow was proudly encouraged and uplifted.
In the meantime the small cloud in the far west was casting deeper
shadows of forthcoming events, but in the lovely springtime they were
not very alarming. Also in Hatton town the people relied on the Master
of Hatton. They told themselves he was doing all that could be done to
ward off evil and they trusted in him.
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