Jane's confessions were giving him a stiffer time than he had expected.

"Well, dear, so you-- ?" "I stood up," said Jane; "for while he knelt there he was master of me, mind and body; and some instinct told me that if I were to be won to wifehood, my reason must say `yes' before the rest of me.

It is `spirit, soul, and body' in the Word, not `body, soul, and spirit,' as is so often misquoted; and I believe the inspired sequence to be the right one." The doctor made a quick movement of interest.

"Good heavens, Jane!" he said.

"You have got hold of a truth there, and you have expressed it exactly as I have often wanted to express it without being able to find the right words.