"Do you believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost?"
"I believe!"
"It is well," observed Brochet. "We may now proceed with the service of baptism. Behold in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost I baptize you Charles Ian Macleod. And may the good Lord's mercy lead your feet in honorable paths."
"Amen! Amen! Amen!" rang the responses in many tongues throughout the chapel.
With the chanting of a hymn the people poured forth. Flora disappeared instantly with her child, waiting for no birth offering.
The Factor was equally swift in effacing himself from the unfamiliar Mission House. One of his desires had been fulfilled. There remained the other, and the consummation of that one promised to be a harder matter.
CHAPTER VI
IN THE BLOOD
Dunvegan hastened after Desirée Lazard and overtook her near her uncle's cabin. Pierre himself had gone in ahead.