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Show 126 "Until tomorrow, Father Johann, when we will surely see the children healed." Gast turned to leave. "Albert, you do not seem as sick as the others," Father Johann suddenly remarked, paying attention to me for the first time. "Albert has been praying all along," Gast told him. "It is undoubtedly prayer which has saved him." "And the others shall be saved by prayer also," Father Johann said, looking so hopeful that my heart ached for him. "I will begin at once to...to plan the service for tomorrow afternoon." As we left him he was returning to the triptych, his lips moving and his hands clasped together. After Gast and I had crossed Market Square he said to me, "One more thing. Where can I find a long, stout rope?" "The ropemaker's shop is on Wendenstrasse," I told him, "almost to the west wall, but it will be closed today on the Sabbath. Why do you need a rope?" "No more questions." He touched my lips with his fingers, then walked away from me. |