The Mark of the Beast (Paperback)

Excerpt: ...think I should soon be all right." He explained that he could not find the man or wife of the house, but, (pointing to a room beyond) he said: "There is a bed there, and there are female clothes hanging in a recess (they were there when I occupied the room) go in there, dear child." She seemed but a child, to him, so sweet and innocent was her face. "Divest yourself of every rag of your wet clothes (drop them out of the window, and I will gather them up, and get them dry for you) chafe yourself with the towels you will find in the room, then wrap yourself in one of the sheets or rugs, and try and sleep." "Ah, kind friend How good you are " she said, softly, a deep sense of what she owed him, (for he had doubtless, she realized, saved her life) moving her heart strangely. With the shy, tender grace of a child, she caught his hand and kissed it, leaving two great warm teardrops upon it, as she cried: "May God reward you You saved my life " Her long silken lashes held great quivering drops upon them. Her hair