"You see, when a man once turns his back on his best Friend, he is never right till he gets back again." "Yes, I know," said Rob gravely.

For a time he sat with a shadow of sadness and anxiety on his young face.

"It is terrible!" he exclaimed.
"Terrible ?" inquired the Doctor.

"Oh, yes, you mean Peter's fall?
Yes, that was a terrible thing--to be untrue to our Master and faithless to our best Friend." "But he did not mean to, Dad," said Rob quickly, as if springing to the fallen disciple's defence.

"He forgot, just for a moment, and was awfully sorry afterwards." "Yes, truly," said his father, "and that was the first step back." For a few moments Rob remained silent, his face sad and troubled.
"Man! It must be terrible!" at length he said, more to himself than to his father.