“Dr. Grey, you have great confidence in the efficacy of prayer?”
“Yes; for without it human lives are rudderless, drifting to speedy wreck and ruin.”
“If I ask a favor, will you grant it?”
“Have I ever denied you anything that you asked?”
“Yes, sir,—your good opinion.”
“I knew that had you really desired that, you would long since have rendered it impossible for me to withhold it. But to the point,—what is your petition?”
“I want you to pray for me.”
“Salome, are you serious? Are you really in earnest?”
“Mournfully in earnest.”
“Then rest satisfied that henceforth you will always have a place in my prayer; but do not forget the greater necessity of praying for yourself. Now, tell me how you have been employed during my long absence. Where are the accumulated exercises which I promised to examine and correct when I returned?”