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weakest point, which was in the doorway, she stood armed with a crowbar.

In the morning Joshua spoke to Hugh the Stonemason.

“I have spent the night in prayer,” he said. “The Big Man has not forsaken the righteous, so whatever happens will be His doing, not ours, Hugh bach. The Lord’s will be done. Go you down to Lancoch now, and take an old ladder with you and climb to the roof, and remove the tiles one by one. Be careful lest any untoward happening befall my sister Betti, for has not the white little Jesus bidden us love our enemies? Do you see, Hugh bach, that not one slate falls on the head of our sister Betti. But if one does, well-well, then, has not the Great Male promised to be on the side of His religious children?”