Grant, O God, that our dear husband and father
may still live, and that in Thy good time we may be reunited to him.
Or if he be dead and there is no hope for us upon the earth, grant
that we, too, may die and find him in Thy Heaven."
Thus she prayed in a clear, deliberate voice, and I noticed that as
she did so the tears ran down her cheeks. "Amen," she said at last,
and the girl by her side, speaking with a strange little accent,
echoed the "Amen."
I looked round at Brother John. He had heard something and was utterly
overcome. Fortunately enough he could not move or even speak.
"Hold him," I whispered to Stephen and Mavovo, "while I go in and talk
to these ladies."
Then, handing the rifle to Hans, I took off my hat, pushed the gate a
little wider open, slipped through it and called attention to my
presence by coughing.
The two women, who had risen from their knees, stared at me as though
they saw a ghost.
"Ladies," I said, bowing, "pray do not be alarmed. You see God
Almighty sometimes answers prayers.
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