couldn’t say to her that she would help most by taking herself out of the way, could you? She could not understand, and so they have served their purpose as a means of getting her quietly and harmlessly away so we could properly do our work.”

“But I didn’t say so — not rightly; I made her think — ”

“Never mind what you said or made her think. You did right, God knows. We are all made to work out good — often when we think erroneously, just as you made her uncomprehendingly do what she ought. If ever she grows wise enough to understand, well and good; if not, no harm is done.”

Cassandra listened, but doubtingly. At last she stopped her horse. “If you can’t use them, I feel like I ought to go back and explain,”