I felt as though I had been hit on the head with a stick." The Reverend Septimus stared, then suddenly sank to his knees and returned thanks in his simple fashion.
"Don't let us be too certain, Anthony," he exclaimed at length.

"There may be a mistake, or perhaps this is only a respite which will prolong the suspense.

Often such things happen to torment us; I mean that they are God's way of trying and purifying our poor sinful hearts.".