'You must pray for him,' said Mrs. Mavor, 'and all will come right.'
'Ah! madame!' she replied earnestly, 'every day, every day, I pray la
sainte Vierge et tous les saints for him.'
'You must pray to your Father in heaven for him.'
'Ah! oui! I weel pray,' and Mrs. Mavor sent her away bright with smiles,
and with new hope and courage in her heart.
She had very soon need of all her courage, for at the week's end her
baby fell dangerously ill. Slavin's anxiety and fear were not relieved
much by the reports the men brought him from time to time of Geordie's
ominous forebodings; for Geordie had no doubt but that the Avenger of
Blood was hot upon Slavin's trail; and as the sickness grew, he became
confirmed in this conviction. While he could not be said to find
satisfaction in Slavin's impending affliction, he could hardly hide his
complacency in the promptness of Providence in vindicating his theory of
retribution.
But Geordie's complacency was somewhat rudely shocked by Mr. Craig's
answer to his theory one day.
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