" "My Gwendolaine," Torm answered quickly, moved By an uplifting impulse in his soul, "For you are mine, whomever you may love, I know that Sir Sanpeur did speak the truth; You have not sinned in deed; and though you sinned In purpose, it was more my fault than yours; I drove you to it, and would fain atone.

Is it not laudable really, this reverent worship of station? Is it not fitting that wealth should tender this homage to culture? Is it not touching to witness these efforts, if little availing, Painfully made, to perform the old ritual service of manners? Shall not devotion atone for the absence of knowledge?

I dare atone for that old sin done by my father in the flesh, but yet I must atone as befits the race of Oriander!"

Not, for thy sins, by prayer shalt thou atone; Thou wert not made for peace so deeply sweet, Thine be the midnight cold, the noonday heat, The journey through the wilderness, alone.

The fierce bigotry of the Prioress forms a fine back ground for her tender-hearted sympathies with the Mother and Child; and the mode in which the story is told amply atones for the extravagance of the miracle.

Thy mad mood thou wilt atone for On his pike he'll skewer thee!

The violence outlived and past, Shall a fair home atone at last.