“I do not quite know what you mean, dear child. I suppose it is something Herr Adler told you?”
“Seppi drew Squib’s hand down upon the head of Moor.”
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“Yes,” answered Squib; “it’s so beautiful and so interesting. Mother, it’s the Lord Himself who has been glorified. You know He rose out of the grave with the same body as He had on earth, which was made of the earth—only in resurrection it was different. But it was the same body, for there were the marks of the nails and the spear; and that body has been taken up to heaven and glorified, so that just a little bit of our earth is glorified in Heaven now. Mother, Herr Adler says that when the Lord has begun a promised work, it is a sure and certain pledge that He will finish it when the right time has come. And so we know that by-and-by we shall have resurrection bodies given us, and shall be glorified too. He says that that is what David meant when he said: ‘When I awake after Thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.’ You see he knew about it somehow, even though Jesus hadn’t come then.”
Lady Mary kissed her child lovingly.
“I am glad you had so many beautiful talks with Herr Adler,” she said. “Always try to remember what he taught you, dear.”
“I will,” answered Squib earnestly; “I think he is the goodest man I have ever seen.”
And having kissed his mother, Squib went off to find Seppi, but the knoll was not occupied to-day.
“He will be nearer home,” said Squib, preparing to descend, and sure enough he came upon his companion lower down the valley, but on the far side of the bridge.
The face raised to greet him was bright, although it looked very sharp and worn; and there was creeping over it, under the brown, a curious grey look.