"I
quite understand. Good bye. The father of Jesus Christ, who was so
sure of him, will take care of you: do not be afraid."
He turned and went; he could no longer bear the look of her eyes.
CHAPTER LXXI.
GLASHGAR.
Out of Arctura's sight Donal had his turn of so-called weakness!
The day was a glorious one, and Davie, full of spirits, could not
understand why he seemed so unlike himself.
"Arkie would scold you, Mr. Grant!" he said.
Donal avoided the town, and walked a long way round to get into the
road beyond it, his head bent as if he were pondering a pain. At
moments he felt as if he must return at once, and refuse to leave
the castle for any reason. But he could not see that it was the will
of God he should do so. A presentiment is not a command. A prophecy
may fail of the least indication of duty. Hamlet defying augury is
the consistent religious man Shakspere takes pains to show him. A
presentiment may be true, may be from God himself, yet involve no
reason why a man should change his way, should turn a step aside
from the path before him. St. Paul received warning after warning on
his road to Jerusalem that bonds and imprisonment awaited him, and
these warnings he knew came from the spirit of prophecy, but he
heeded them only to set his face like a flint. He knew better than
imagine duty determined by consequences, or take foresight for
direction.
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