I heard it sung to the organ, and it come
from the inside of a church. I don't hold by no church, but this thing
has fastened on my heart, and I'll give it to you, neighbors."
Hester stooped down and said a word or two to Will Scarlett.
"Help me with the words, cousin--sing 'em out full, and as if somehow
you held on to them."
Will nodded, and the two voices, in perfect harmony, once more filled
the court.
_"Oh, rest in the Lord. Wait patiently--patiently-for Him; and He
shall give thee thy heart's--thy heart's desire."_
As the last notes fell upon the listening people they might have
noticed, had they not been so absorbed in watching Hester, that the
man's deep voice shook and swayed a little. The fact was this: the
flickering rays of the lantern had shown him the ruddy glow of a certain
stately head, and for an instant a face shone out, and was lost again
in the thick darkness. When the last notes died away Bet turned, and,
pressing through the crowd, left the court; but the unerring instinct
of love made Will Scarlett hear her departing footsteps over and above
all the others.
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