"Yes," said Mr. Stanley, "he is a man who lives very near to his God; and his one desire and aim is to bring all under his influence to the Saviour. Indeed," he added, in a lower voice, "if it had not been for Lord Moreton, Miss Trafford, I should have been to this day a man of the world; it was his words and his example which first made me decide for Christ."
I could hear no more, for we had reached the Jaffa Gate, and had passed into the noisy square in front of the Tower of David.
Whether Sir William had overheard the conversation I did not know. He looked very pleased and half amused as it was going on; but perhaps he may have been reading some interesting anecdote in his guidebook.
Mr. Stanley left us at the Tower of David, and we went to the hotel to rest until the evening.
[CHAPTER XV.]
MY OLIVE-LEAVES.
IT was still very hot when we started from the Damascus Gate and rode in the direction of the Mount of Olives.