Self-reliant,
frivolous Audrey, sitting alone in the church she had so casually
attended - surely that was one of the gains of war. People all
came to it ultimately. They held on with both hands as long as
they could, and then they found their grasp growing feeble and
futile, and they turned to the Great Strength.
The organist had ceased. Audrey was kneeling now. The rector,
eyes on the gleaming cross above the altar, repeated softly:
"Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech Thee, from the hands of
our enemies; that we, being armed with Thy defense, may be
preserved evermore from all perils."
Audrey was coming down the aisle. She did not see him. She had,
indeed, the fixed eyes of one who still looks inward. She was
very pale, but there was a new look of strength in her face, as
of one who has won a victory.
"To glorify Thee, who are the only giver of all victory, through
the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord," finished the rector.
CHAPTER XXV
On the last day of February Audrey came home from her shorthand
class and stood wearily by the window, too discouraged even to
remove her hat.
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