no symbol or analogy that presented itself. It was not
even by negation that he thought. There was just one positive element
that included all: time seemed to mean nothing, the ticks of the clock
with the painted face were scarcely consecutive; it was all one, and
distance was nothing, nor nearness--not even the nearness of the dying
face against the pillows....

* * * * *

It was so, then, that something of that state to which Frank had passed
communicated itself to at least one of those who saw him die.

A little past the half hour Frank spoke again.

"My love to Whitty," he said.... "Diary.... Tell him...."

* * * * *

The end came a few minutes before nine o'clock, and it seems to have
come as naturally as life itself. There was no drama, no dying speech,
not one word.

Those who were there saw him move ever so slightly in bed, and his head
lifted a little. Then his head sank once more and the Failure was
complete.

THE END

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