"Let us run, run!" cried Lois, catching Marianne up in her arms. "I never want to see this horrible house again."
So they ran downstairs, and out through the wood-shed into the open air. Oh, how sweet the sunshine looked, and the wind felt, after their fear and danger!
Their mother taught them a little verse next morning, after they had told her all about their adventure and made confession of their fault; and Lois said it to herself every day all her life afterward. This is it:—
"God is never far away;
God is listening all the day.
When we tremble, when we fear,
The dear Lord is quick to hear,—
Quick to hear, and quick to save,
Quick to grant each prayer we make,
For the precious Gift he gave,