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"When she wakes in the mornin' she ses to 'erself, 'Good things is goin' to come to-day cheerfle things. When there's a knock at the door she ses, 'Somethin' friendly's comin' in. An' when Drunken Bet's makin' a row an' ragin' an' tearin' an' threatenin' to 'ave 'er eyes out of 'er fice, she ses, 'Lor, Bet, yer don't mean a word of it yer a friend to every woman in the 'ouse. When she don't know which way to turn, she stands still an' ses, 'Speak, Lord, thy servant 'eareth, an' then she does wotever next comes into 'er mind an' she says it's allus the right answer.
"Bless yer, wot's in my room's in yours; Lor', yes." Glad's eyes stared into hers, they became mysteriously, almost awesomely, astonishing also. "Is it?" she breathed in a hushed voice. "Yes, Lor', yes! When yer get up in the mornin' you just stand still an' ARST it. 'Speak, Lord, ses you; 'speak, Lord " "Thy servant 'eareth," ended Glad's hushed speech. "Blimme, but I 'm goin' to try it!"
She stood still a second so still that it seemed as if she was not drawing mortal breath. Her astonishing, expectant eyes closed themselves, and yet in closing spoke expectancy still. "Speak, Lord," she said softly, but as if she spoke to Something whose nearness to her was such that her hand might have touched it. "Speak, Lord, thy servant 'eareth." Antony Dart almost felt his hair rise.
So they snatched up their arms and fell one upon other, whilst the Marids shore off their heads, as a reaper eareth grain, crying, "God is Most Great! We are the lads of King Gharib, the friend of Mura'ash, King of the Jinn!"
I'm goin' to do wot the lidy said mad or not. An' I 'eld the book an' I 'eld my breath, too, 'cos it was like waitin' for the end o' the world an' after a bit I 'ears myself call out in a 'oller whisper, 'Speak, Lord, thy servant 'eareth. Show me a 'ope. An' I was tremblin' all over when I opened the book. An' there it was!
Glad's small and sharp countenance became curious. "'Speak, Lord, thy servant 'eareth," she quoted tentatively. "No," answered Dart; "it was not like that. I had never thought of such things. I believed nothing. I was going out to buy a pistol and when I returned intended to blow my brains out." "Why?" asked Glad, with passionately intent eyes; "why?"
But 'Im as stretched forth the 'eavens an' laid the foundations of the earth, 'Im as is the Life an' Love of the world, 'E's 'ERE! Stretch out yer 'and, she ses, 'an' call out, "Speak, Lord, thy servant 'eareth," an' ye'll 'ear an' SEE.
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