So it was that he no more spoke carelessly or slightingly to the little lad, Tor, but, counting him as a special charge from his risen Lord, he became to him even as a father.
And Tor, growing into manhood, learned many things both strange and beautiful from the world's page; but he found nothing there to blot out the memory of the Man who had opened his eyes. To the end he followed the King, his Master, and Jesus, long since received into the visible heavens over Galilee, yet remained with him, a sweet and satisfying presence.
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