"I have followed you all the evening," Mantel replied.
"Then you have heard the story of this book?"
"I have, and I could not have believed it without hearing."
"Can you spare us a little of your time?" said David, turning to the lumberman.
"I owe you all the time you wish and all the service I can render," he replied.
"You have more than paid your debt by what you have done for me to-night, but who are you?"
"I am only another voice crying in the wilderness."
"Is this your only business in life—to speak to the outcast and the wretched as you did to-night?"
"This is all."
David looked his admiration.