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And then through the woman's heart there shot a pang as she wondered if
she had done right to leave Archie and his child to their poverty all
these years. Might she not have done something for them, and so perhaps
have saved the daughter from sin? The little room at the head of the
stairs was still kept just as it was when she was expecting Bessie.
There was the big doll in the corner, the dishes on the shelf, and the
single bed with its lace hangings was freshly made every month, and by
its side each night the lonely woman knelt and prayed for the little
girl who had come to her on the sands and looked into her eyes with a
look which had haunted her ever since. But of what avail was all this?
Ought she not to have acted as well as prayed? What was faith without
works, and if Bessie had gone to destruction, as most likely she had,
was it not in part her fault? Such were the questions tormenting Miss
McPherson when at last Winny came in to remove the tea things and
brought with her a letter, which she gave into her mistress' hand.


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