Or his desert is small,
Who spares to put it to the touch
And gain or lose it all.
—Marquis of Montrose.
Jack often went to the service held daily, a little after sunrise, in the Gregorian Church.
So did many members of the household, Mariam, Shushan, and Gabriel especially being constant attendants.
One day the returning party was met at the door by Hagop, weeping bitterly.
Asked by every one what was wrong, he sobbed out, "The cattle! The cattle!"
"What is wrong with the cattle?"
"They are not wrong—they are all gone. The Kourds have taken them away—every one."