And something in his face told me that in the intervening day and nights, he had battled with himself as few can battle; fought strenuously with the evil, striven hard for the good, and come out a conqueror.
“It has cost you pain.”
“Somewhat, Johnny. There are few good things in the way of duty but what do cost man pain—as it seems to me. The world and a safe conscience will give us back our recompense.”
“And heaven too, Tod.”
“Ay, lad; and heaven.”
THE END.
[1] Christina G. Rossetti.
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.