Now is the vial opened, and the carved work of the sanctuary thrown down.

Ah, what shall I do, and whither shall I turn ?" He wrung his hands in his perplexity.
"What is amiss with him, then, Amos ?" asked the seaman.

"Though I know nothing of what he says, yet I can see that he flies a distress signal." "He and his must leave the country, Ephraim." "And why ?" "Because they are Protestants, and the king will not abide their creed." Ephraim Savage was across the room in an instant, and had enclosed the old merchant's thin hand in his own great knotted fist.

There was a brotherly sympathy in his strong grip and rugged weather-stained face which held up the other's courage as no words could have done.
"What is the French for 'the scarlet woman,' Amos ?" he asked, glancing over his shoulder.

"Tell this man that we shall see him through.
Tell him that we've got a country where he'll just fit in like a bung in a barrel.