On he read, in a quiet even voice, till he came to the twelfth and four following verses, of which the last three run: "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now they are holy.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart.
A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God has called us to peace.

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?
or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife ?" Dirk's voice trembled, and he paused.
"Continue to the end of the chapter," said Brant, so the reader went on.
There is a sound.

They do not hear it, but the door of the bedchamber behind them opens ever so little.

They do not see it, but between door and lintel something white thrusts itself, a woman's white face crowned with black hair, and set in it two evil, staring eyes.