I go hither and thither as duty calls me.

But I am often here with these sick folks of mine, whom so few men will dare approach unto.

But I myself have never been the worse for my ministrations here, and I have no fears for thee, though I would not have thee linger.

We will be going now, and I will be thy guide out of these dens of the earth, else might some more untoward thing befall thee when none might be nigh to succour thee." The priest and the youth passed out together.

The early dusk was beginning to fall, and Cuthbert was glad enough of the protection of Father Urban's companionship.