next lady day you will be turned into the street woman on lady day a tooth for a tooth and the old man ground his teeth which were white as ivory and his fist clenched itself while his eye glittered and he swelled out from the chair and literally with hate � a tooth for a tooth o mr said sorrowfully how soon you have foi gotten my last lesson meadows for a moment felt a chill of fear at of � � it is never too late to mend in this oriental whom he had made his enemy to this succeeded the old hate multiplied by ton but he made a monstrous effort and drove it from his face down into the recesses of his heart well said he may you enjoy this house as i have done this last that does you credit good mr meadows cried simple missing his meaning meadows continued in the same tone and i must make shift with the one you on � solomon teach me to this dog come mr i have visited mr meadows and now i am going to your house � you shall be welcome kindly welcome said the old man with large and flowing courtesy and will you show me said very tenderly where used to sit r � ah and where and loved to � ah me ah me ah me i yes i could not show another these holy places but i will show you and will you forget awhile this unhappy quarrel and listen to my words � surely i shall listen to you for even now your voice is to my ear like the wind among the of and the wave that plays at night upon the sands of t is but the frail voice of a foolish woman who loves and respects you and yet said her color with enthusiasm with it i can speak you words more beautiful than s or s shore ay old man words that made the stars brighter and the sons of the morning rejoice i will not tell you whence i had them but you shall say they never came from earth selfish cruel earth these words that drop on our hot passions like the dew and speak of forgiven and peace and good will among men oh magic of a lovely voice speaking the truths of heaven how still the room was as these goodly words rang in it from a pure heart three men there had all been raging with anger and hate now a music fell like oil npon these human waves and them the men drooped their heads and held their breath to make sure the sounds had ceased then ed in a tone gentle firm and low very different from his last bitterness from my as you speak but experience remains he turned to meadows when i wander forth at lady day she shall still be watched over though i be far away my eye shall be here and my hand shall still be so over you all and raising his thin hand he held it high up the nails pointing downward it looked just like a hawk hovering over its prey i will say no word than that to day and in fact he delivered this without apparent heat or malice come then with me � a goodly name it comes to you from the despised people come like peace to my dwelling � you know not this world s as i do but you can teach me the higher wisdom that the folly of passion and the soul the pair were gone and william and meadows were left alone the latter looked sadly and gloomily at the door by which had gone out he was in a sort of he was not conscious of william s presence now the said william had a in the country a man s roof is sacred he had meadows under his own roof and then mr had come and him there too william began to doubt whether this was not a little hard moreover he thought he had seen meadows brush his eye hastily with the back of his hand as retired he came towards meadows with his old sulky honest hang the head manner and said mr meadows seems me we have been a little bard upon it is too late to mend yoa in own and i am not quite easy about my share on t meadows shrugged his shoulders well sir i am not the almighty to read folk s hearts � least of all such a one as yours � but if i have done you wrong i ask your pardon come sir if you don t mean to my brother with the girl you can give me your hand and i can give you mine � and there t is meadows wished this young man away and seeing that the best way to get rid of him was to give him his hand he turned round and scarcely looking towards him gave him his hand william shook it and went away with something that sounded like a sigh meadows saw him out and locked the door impatiently then he flung himself into a chair and laid his beating temples on the cold table then he started up and walked wildly to and fro the room the man was torn this way and that with rage aod remorse what shall i do v thus ran his thoughts at angel is my only refuge and yet to win her i shall have to walk through dirt and shame and every sin that is i see crimes ahead such a heap of crimes my flesh at the number of them why not be like her why not be the greatest saint that ever lived instead of one more villain added to so many let me tear this terrible love out of my 