270 The Little Minister

It was but a minor trouble this, however, even at
the time ; and to recall it later in the day was to
look back on happiness, for though I did not
know it yet, Lauchlan’s playing raised the cur-
tain on the great act of Gavin’s life, and the
twenty-four hours had begun, to which all I have
told as yet is no more than the prologue.