Note 1. The feminine singular of the Hebrew word rendered, in the A.V., “creeping things.” Dr Edersheim tells us that this flattering term is commonly employed in speaking of a Gentile.
Chapter Eight.
In the Dark.
“I trust Thee, though I cannot see
Thy light upon my pathway shine;
However dark, Lord, let it be
Thy way, not mine!”
“If it stand with your good liking, may a man have speech of Sir Piers de Rievaulx?”
It was a tall youth who asked the question, and he stood under the porch of a large Gothic house, on the banks of the Thames near Westminster. The night was wet and dark, and it was the second of April 1236.
“And who art thou, that would speak with the knight my master?”
“What I have to say to him is of consequence. Who I may be does not so much matter.”