"Ah, well! happy Amos to have such a champion," cried Walter, laughing, for he had now recovered his good-humour.  "I suppose you are right, and I must allow brother Amos to have his duty and his mystery all to himself.  But it's odd, and that's all I can say about it.  Such short- sighted mortals as I am can't see those duties which are up in the clouds, but only those which lie straight before our eyes."