And when the Missioner came from the room his face was always lit up in a kind of halo.

There was one exception to all this, David noticed.

The door was never unlocked when there was a visitor.

No other but himself and Mukoki heard the sound of the violin, and this fact, in time, impressed David with the deep faith and affection of the Little Missioner.

One evening Father Roland came from the room with his face aglow with some strange happiness that had come to him in there, and placing his hands on David's shoulders he said, with a yearning and yet hopeless inflection in his voice: "I wish you would stay with me always, David.