'Yes; why not? God has been very good to me.'
'God is good to all alike.'
'That's what my wife and I say to each other; but it's only the lucky ones who know it.'
When the shoemaker and his wife were alone in the living-room together, they kissed and gave thanks unto God. For they said:
'This night the Lord is with us. Blessed is the name of the Lord!'
In the morning, when it was full day, the boy woke up and went to the bed on which the Stranger lay asleep, crying:
'Father!'
And the Stranger was roused, and saw the boy standing at his side. He stretched out His arms to him.
'My son!'
But the boy shrank back.