"O hush! stop!" said David; "you bewilder me. Here Isaiah goes on
"'Each to his own way we have turned,
'And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him
'The punishment of us all.
'It hath been exacted, and he hath answered.
'And he openeth not his mouth,
'As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought—'"
David stopped again, and Matilda searched for words to answer him, and presently read,
"'So Christ was once offered to bear the sin of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.'"
"The second time?" said David.
"Yes; when he comes to take the kingdom, you know."
David sighed deeply.
"David," said Matilda hesitatingly, she had been watching for a chance to say it, "don't you know what Zechariah says about him?"
"Zechariah?"