But offences must come, and woe to him from whom the offence cometh! I have begun now, and only now, to feel the storms that shake us to our farthest cells of life.

I begin to see how near good is to evil; how near faith is to unfaith; and how difficult it is to judge from actions only; how little we can know to-day what we shall feel tomorrow.

Yet one must learn to see deeper, to find motive, not in acts that shake the faith, but in character which needs no explanation, which--" He paused, disturbed.

Then he raised his head, as though not conscious of what was breaking the course of his thoughts.

Presently he realised a low, hurried knocking at his door.