"Is it like"—an awe crept into the child's eyes and voice—"like Jesus?"
"Ah, like him," returned Jep, soberly.
"Oh! Jep, and He's called a Lamb in the Bible."
Was this lamb of earth shadowing forth to the minds of the simple children somewhat of the heavenly? If so, then the trouble that had come to Spottie's master was not in vain. Certainly he was a bond between the cottage and the Hall, and Jep was Master Ru's head shepherd years afterwards, when John Sharp and his old master had passed away.
