across him somewhere. I think I have no spirit left to resist
him as I used to do. But one thing I have told him, and that is that
he will have to wait till I have cleared off more of my debts.'

'You have no debts,' said Agatha; 'it is nonsense to talk like that.'

'I shall never lift up my head and breathe freely till I have at any
rate returned Walter his money,' said Gwen very emphatically.

'Ay, my dear,' put in Nannie affectionately; 'we'd rather your head
weren't lifted just yet. 'Tis apt to rear itself a little too high,
and 'tis the bowed head that gets the blessing of the Lord.'

'Nannie,' said Elfie impulsively, 'say our verses to us again, will
you? Do you remember when you gave them to us? Put your hands on our
heads as you used to do when we were little children, and we will
receive them again as your blessing.'

And this Nannie did; and as she repeated the beautiful words, each
sister confessed in the depths of her heart what a blessing they had
been to her.

'Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.'

'Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.'

'Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it
to pass.'

'Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. . . . Those that wait
upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.'

'And,' said Agatha, 'the key-note to that Psalm is, "Fret not." We
thought it a terrible blow when Cousin James defrauded us of our
rights; but how wonderfully we have been cared for since!'

'Even when I did my best to ruin the whole lot of you,' put in Gwen.

And then Nannie repeated the last verse of her favourite Psalm:

'And the Lord shall help them and deliver them: He shall deliver them
from the wicked, and save them because they trust in Him.'

FINIS.

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