“Father!” he said, his eyes fixed on the darkened sky, “is the way to Thy holy hill through this thorny path? Wheresoever Thou shalt guide, I go with Thee. But ‘these are in the world!’ Keep them through Thy name, and let us meet in the Garden of God, if we may not go together. O blessed Jesu Christ! the forget-me-nots which bloom around Thy cross are fairer than all the flowers of the world’s gardens.”
Note 1. In the medieval mystery plays, Noah’s wife was always represented as a scolding vixen.
Chapter Six.
Taken in the Net.
“There is no time so miserable
But a man may be true.”
Shakespeare.
“Berthold, hast thou heard the news?”
“I have, Pastor. I was coming to ask if you had heard it.”