It is years and years since I followed my own way. Sir John's
ways are wiser and better. He is always ready for the duty of the hour
and never restless as to what will come after it. Is not that a good
rule?"
"Are you on your way home now?" I asked.
"Oh, no! We are going as far as the Shetlands. John had a happy holiday
there before we were married. He is taking Stephen and George to see the
lonely isles."
"You have had a very happy life, Lady Hatton?"
"Yes," she answered. "The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places."
"And you have beautiful children."
"Thank God! His blessing and peace came to me from the cradle. One day I
found my Bible open at II Esdras, second chapter, and my eyes fell on
the fifteenth verse: 'Mother, embrace thy children and bring them up
with gladness.' I knew a poor woman who had ten children, and instead of
complaining, she was proud and happy because she said God must have
thought her a rare good mother to trust her with ten of His sons and
daughters."
"I have not seen much of Sir John.
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