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All those bodies and minds and souls which had been in the church had evaporated into the night. Mrs. Chetwinde and Esme Darlington had wanted to speak to Rosamund, but she had slipped out of the church quickly. She did not wish to talk to any one. "Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat." What an odd little turn, or twist, the preacher had given to the meaning of those words!

"To-morrow too, I hope," Rosamund said, with a smile. "No, to-morrow we shall be the awkward number three. Mr. Robertson, from Liverpool, is coming to stay with me for a few days. He preaches here next Sunday evening." Rosamund's thought was carried back to a foggy night in London, when she had heard a sermon on egoism, and a quotation she had never forgotten: "Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat."

Limer, and looked absolutely unselfconscious, quietly dignified and simple. When he went into the pulpit the lights were lowered and a pleasant twilight prevailed. But the preacher's face was strongly illuminated. Mr. Robertson preached on the sin of egoism, and took as the motto of his sermon the words "Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat."

"Take your seats, please!" shouted a loud bass voice. There was a sound of the banging of doors. Rosamund leaned out of the window. "Good-by, Father!" The train began to move. "Good-by. Cor meum vigilat." Rosamund pulled down her veil quickly over her face. She was weary of rebellion. Yet she knew that deep down within her dwelt one who was still a rebel.

And if only one of the paths is wide enough, then choose that in preference to the other. I believe profoundly in 'sharing terms." He paused, gazing at the congregation with his soft and luminous eyes. Then he added: "Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat. When the insistent I sleeps, only then perhaps can the heart be truly awake, be really watchful.

Above the loads on the porters' heads two flags flashed their colors in the sunlight the stars and stripes, and the house flag of the company, with the white buffalo skull against the red background, and underneath the motto, Sapiens qui Vigilat. The night had already fallen black and cold when the special train crested the top of the divide and coasted down grade into Kijabe.

Yes, she knew she understood." She bent her head a little lower, then added: "Beattie is worth more than I am." "You are worth a great deal, but but I want to see you rise to the heights of your nature. I want to see you accomplish the greatest task of all." "Yes?" "Conquer the last citadel of your egoism. Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat Send the insistent I to sleep.