4/5 How she had labored that day to prepare it for evening illumination! A little beyond it, on the wall, hung a crucifix. She knelt under it, with her eyes fixed upon it, and thus silently remained until its outline was undistinguishable in the deepening shadows of evening. A few minutes later, as she was trying to light the lamp, an approaching step on the sidewalk seemed to pause. She softly laid the phosphorus-box out of her hands. |