_The Lion of the Lord Sends an Order_ They reached home in very different states of mind.

The girl was eager for the solitude of her favourite nook in the canon, where she could dream in peace of the wonderland she had glimpsed; but the little bent man was stirred by dread and chilled with forebodings.

To him, as well as to the girl, the change in the first city of Zion had been a thing to wonder at.

But what had thrilled her with amazed delight brought pain to him.

Zion was no longer held inviolate.
And now the truth was much clearer to him.