Chapter 9: Chapter 9

IV A Lady of Little Faith A visitor looking on the scene of his conversation with the peasants and his blessing them shed silent tears and wiped them away with her handkerchief. She was a sentimental society lady of genuinely good disposition in many respects. When the elder went up to her at last she met him enthusiastically. “Ah, what I have been feeling, looking on at this touching scene! …” She could not go on for emotion. “Oh, I understand the people’s love for you. I love the p…