'Which?'
'That last: "The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." What does "lift up his countenance upon thee" mean?'
What did it mean? Pitt asked himself the question for the first time in his life. He was quite silent.
'You see,' said Esther quaintly, after a pause,—'you see, that would be comfort.'
Pitt was still silent.
'Do you understand it, Pitt?'
'Understand it, Esther!' he said, knitting his brows, 'No. Nobody could do that, except—the people that had it. But I think I see what it means.'
'The people "that had it"? That had what?'
'This wonderful thing.'
'What wonderful thing?'