15/36 What a poor, helpless creature I am, when I cannot even cross a 't' to save myself. Blessed Virgin, help me once more!" But help did not come. Yolanda's excitement grew instead of subsiding, and she was so wrought upon by a nameless fear that she began to weep. Yolanda walked the floor like a caged wild thing, uttering ejaculatory prayers to the Virgin. Again she took up the quill, but again put it down, exclaiming:-- "I have it, mother! There is a friend of whom I have often told you--Sir Karl. |