He reached forward and grasped her hands.
"Did you know what that meant, Fenella—whatever it might cost me?"
"Yes," she said, raising her eyes, "and at length an answer came to me."
"What answer?"
"That if you did, and made atonement, however low you might fall in the eyes of men you would look upon the face of God."
Stowell gasped, dropped her hands and for a while was speechless. Then he said,
"And do you think I will?"
"I am sure you will, Victor. I had a sign from God."
"Do you, after all, believe in God, Fenella?"
"Indeed yes. And you—don't you??"