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"Shall I tell you what he said to me? He said I did well to come

in search of you, that God would approve it, and that he would

assist me to find you--Thus, then, you see--"

"If he spoke thus, it was because he did not know-"

"What use would there be in his knowing a mere imagination of

your own? A man of sense, such as he is, never thinks of things

of that sort. But oh! Lucy! Shall I tell you what I have

seen?"--And he related his visit to the cabin.

Lucy, although familiarised in this abode of horrors to

spectacles of wretchedness and despair, was shocked at the

recital.

"And at the side of that bed," said Renzo, "if you could have

heard the holy man! He said, that God has perhaps resolved to

look in mercy on this unfortunate-(I can now give him no other

name)-that he designs to subdue him to himself, but that he

desires that we should pray together for him-together! do you

understand?"

"Yes, yes, we will pray each, there where the Lord shall place

us. He can unite our prayers."