"'Yes,' he said, and drew a deep breath. 'Yes, sitting there watching lest the gatepost should fall. She must hold by that till the end of the world.'
"And I could see how anxious he was about what he saw. There were big drops of sweat on his forehead, and he was deadly pale, and could hardly speak.
"But then he turned away from the window, and looked quickly at me. 'But you say you can see nothing?'
"'I can see nothing now,' I said. 'But one day last spring I saw the farmhouse as you say it is.'
"And now I noticed that father and mother and the other stranger had come closer and were listening.
"'There are many in our family who have that gift,' said the other stranger to father, in a low voice, 'but I have never heard until to-day that my brother had it too.'
"But the one who had spoken to me before turned his eyes to the window again, and next moment he started back, afraid.
"'She has seen me!' he cried. 'It is all over with me now!'
"And it was strange to see him so afraid, that great, strong man. But not even mother, who was always ready enough to laugh, so much as smiled at him now.
"'Let us sing a hymn,' I whispered to mother. And we sang the first verse that came into our heads.