"Thee need not be troubled about that. His door and heart are ever open to those who labor and are heavy laden. The Christ has found a faithful follower in him, Pepeeta. It was he who first divined thy story."
"Then you knew me?"
"We had conjectured."
"Then I will stay, oh, I will stay a little while, and perhaps, perhaps—who knows?" she clasped her hands, her soul looked out of her eyes, and a smile of genuine happiness lit up her sad face.
"Yes, who knows?" said Dorothea, gently, rearranging the pillows and bidding the invalid fall asleep again.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE LITTLE LAD
"Better to be driven out from among men, than to be disliked of children."
—Dana.