But it would stretch this chapter to too great a length to describe each day of her sojourn at Cameron Court.
Let it suffice to say in general terms that the countess kept her guest usefully employed or agreeably entertained during the whole of her visit. There was neither a tedious nor a fatiguing hour in the five weeks of her sojourn.
Every Sunday they attended divine worship at "St. Giles' Cathedral," commonly called "John Knox's church." Every Monday they went their rounds among the poor. Other days in the week they visited interesting and remarkable places in and around Edinboro'. And thus cheerfully passed the days.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
SUSPENSE.
Wait, for the day is breaking,
Tho' the dull night be long,
Wait, Heav'n is not forsaking
Thy heart—be strong! be strong!
—Anon.
As the time approached when Claudia might reasonably expect a reply to the letter she had written to her father, she naturally became very anxious.
Would he answer that last urgent appeal by letter or in person? that was the question she was forever asking of herself.
And the response of her heart was always the same; he would lose no time in writing, he would hasten at once to her relief.
Ah! but if he should be ill, or—even dead? What then? Claudia's anxiety grew daily more acute.