“Thank God his poor old mother is not a murderer! But he is dead to me. I shall never see him again—never!”

“I thought you would feel that way,” the Doctor quietly replied.

“You won't let him come here?” she asked suddenly.

“He won't try unless you consent——”

Mary shuddered.

“You don't know him——”

The Doctor smiled.

“I'm afraid you don't know him now, my child.”

“He has changed?”

“The old, old miracle over again. He has been literally born again—this time of the spirit.”