18/19 His tone and look recalled the minister's wife, and turning to Ranald, she added, sadly: "But your uncle was right, Ranald, and we must forgive even as he did." "That," cried Ranald, with fierce emphasis, "I will never do, until once I will be having my hands on his throat." "Hush, Ranald!" said the minister's wife. "I know it is hard, but we must forgive. And we must ask Him to help us, who has more to forgive than any other." But she said no more to Macdonald Dubh on that subject that morning. The fire of the battle was in her heart, and she felt she could more easily sympathize with his desire for vengeance than with the Christian grace of forgiveness. |