Before the Confirmation day came the lost jewels were safely restored to
Lady Carleton's keeping, and the diamonds that had been hidden for eight
years in a hollow tree were likely to be handed down as heirlooms to her
children with additional care and interest.
But over the bent heads of the three young people who had had so much
interest in their loss and their recovery, there flashed a glory of
mystic light and colour. For the great west window of Ashcroft Church
was filled with painted glass, jewel-like in pattern and colour. In the
centre was the form of Him who made the lame to walk, and, as the winter
afternoon sun streamed through the window, the earthly colours seemed
transmuted into heavenly jewels.