18/32 It was enough to fill his mist of dreams with gentle wonderings and a quiet expectation. Once he said softly, "'In the hour of death, and in the day of judgment'"-- "'Good Lord, deliver us!'" Gifford finished gently. "Good Lord," he said, "ah--yes--yes--that is enough, my friend. _Good_ Lord; one leaves the rest." Dr.Howe walked home with a strange look on his face. He answered his daughter briefly, that Mr.Denner was failing, and then, going into his library, he moved a table from in front of the door, which always stood hospitably open, and shut and locked it. |