At these words the Judge put down his Review to listen to Ethel's story, and when she ceased speaking he had gone far further back than any antique classic for compensation and satisfaction: "He being made perfect in a short time fulfilled a long time. For his soul pleased the Lord, therefore hasted He to take him away from among the wicked." [2] And that evening there was little conversation. Every heart was busy with its own thoughts.
[Footnote 2: Wisdom of Solomon, IV., 13, 14.]