But few at this time were so unlucky as this pair; for judgment had begun at the house of the Lord, and Israel was attentively at work.
It was now that Joel Rae became conscious that he was facing directly away from the glory he had so long sought and suffered for.

Though as yet no blood for Israel had been shed in his actual presence, he had attended the meetings of the Sons of Dan, and was kept aware of their operations.

It seemed to him in after years that his faculties had at this time been in trance.
He was seized at length with an impulse to be away from it all.

As the days went by with their tragedies, he became half wild with restlessness and a strange fear of himself.

In spite of his lifelong training, he knew there was wrong in the air.