"Why should he?"
Mrs. Yellam answered heavily:
"I dunno. But I'd a notion that he had me in mind. 'Twas a notable sermon, but——"
"Yes?"
"He ain't been tried as I have."
She went upstairs slowly to take off her bonnet and shawl.
Upon the following Wednesday, the sermon assumed a fresh importance and significance.
Edward Hamlin was killed in action.