I paused doubtfully.

He turned to me, and his eyes sparkled as they looked into mine.

'Listen,' he said. Then he told me his heart. Little I knew what

it was. I trembled for my crusade, yet not without hope. I had

preached to him little, but I had prayed for him much. Now I

learned that his heart was as my heart, his desire as my heart's

desire, yet, like wine to water, like sunlight to moonlight. I

sat at his feet, so to speak, and listened on and on.

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