A Daughter of Fife - Page 78/138

And Maggie was almost glad. She thought of her father reading the Book

with his four sons around him; and she thought of David's pale solemn face

bending over it, as they two sat together to listen to its comfort and its

counsel; and she said, "I'll put the Book out o' sight, and I'll hae it

opened nae mair, till I sit wi' Davie in his ain manse; and then we'll

read again that bonnie verse He gied us--Then are they glad,

because they be quiet; so He bringeth them unto their desired haven."