God alone can turn it, and for the sake of His cause among these people I believe that He will do so." Thus Owen spoke on till, in reproving the weakness of another, he felt his own faith come back to him and, remembering the past and how he had been preserved in it, the doubt and trouble went out of his mind to return no more.
The third day--the day of trial--came.

For sixty hours or more the heat of the weather had been intense; indeed, during all that time the thermometer in Owen's hut, notwithstanding the protection of a thick hatch, had shown the temperature to vary between a maximum of 113 and a minimum of 101 degrees.

Now, in the early morning, it stood at 108.
"Will the storm break to-day ?" asked Owen of Nodwengo, who came to visit him.
"They say so, Messenger, and I think it by the feel of the air.

If so, it will be a very great storm, for the heaven is full of fire.

Already Hokosa and the doctors are at their rites upon the plain yonder, but there will be no need to join them till two hours after midday." "Is the cross ready ?" asked Owen.
"Yes, and set up.