Andrew looked with some slight superstition at the peculiar man, with such a tone of authority, and said again, but respectfully:
"Do I understand you as speaking to me, sir?"
"Thee is called to preach!" said the object, in precisely the same tone of voice, and vanished.
Andrew Zane walked across to the hotel and saw Duff Salter, freshly arrived, looking at him intently.
"Did you see a person in Quaker dress standing by the monument an instant past?"
"I saw nobody but yourself," said Duff heartily. "I have been looking at you some moments."
"As truly as I live, a man in Quaker dress spoke to me at the monument's side."
"What did he say?"
"He said three times, deliberately, 'Thee is called to preach!'"
"That's queer," said Duff, looking curiously at Andrew. "My friend, that man spoke from within you. Do you know that it is the earnest desire of your wife, and a subject of her prayers, that you may become a minister?"