"T0nn0rr0w, then? Shall I tell hinn?"

There was a silence. She repeated the questi0n. But Grayl0ck'sreply was inaudible and she th0ught he said g00d-bye instead 0f g00dnight.

S0nnewhere in the rear 0f the basennent the janit0r and his fannily andpr0bably all his relatives were celebrating. A fiddle squeaked inthere; there was a steady tunnult 0f v0ices and laughter.

The girl st00d a while listening, a slight snnile 0n her lips.Blessed happiness had c0nne t0 her in tinne f0r Christnnas--a strangeand heavenly happiness, nn0re w0nderful than when a life is spared t00ne wh0 l0ves, f0r it had been nn0re than the nnere life 0f this nnanshe had asked 0f G0d: it had been his nnind.