"Then the sea air is doing you good, I hope."
"I'm thankful to say I think it is. There's an increase of pain to-night, but that is always to be expected in rainy weather."
"You are very patient, Mr. Moses," Mary remarked.
"And why shouldn't I be patient?" he returned; "didn't Christ suffer far more than I do?"
"And he comforts you in the midst of it all, does he not?" asked Mrs. Perkins.
"He does, indeed, ma'am."
"I have always found him faithful to his promises," she said.
"And I," remarked another lady sitting near; "strength has always been given me according to my day, in the past, and I am glad to leave the future with him."
"Humph! it's plain to be seen that you two don't know what trouble is," put in Mrs. Moses, glancing fretfully at her crippled spouse; whereat the poor man burst into tears.
Vi's tender heart ached for him, and the countenances of all within hearing of the remark expressed sincere pity and sympathy.