"You. I heard you as plainly as I hear you now."
Fenella's bosom was heaving. "When was that?" she asked.
"In the middle of the night. But perhaps you were in bed and asleep at that time."
"No .... no, I did not sleep until after daybreak. In the middle of the night I was" .... (she was breathing audibly) "I was praying."
He looked up at her with his heavy eyes.
"Were you praying for me, Fenella?"
She cast down her eyes and answered "Yes."
Another moment passed, and then in a husky voice he said,
"Fenella, what did you pray for for me?"
"That you might have strength to do what was right, whatever it might cost you."