Brian, poor Brian? Be content! it is not for long--not for very long."

Her fingers began to flutter feebly on his neck. She fringed the grey
locks round them in a childish, absent way, muttering to herself.

"How very soft it feels still! He used to have such beautiful hair!"

Then, as if she felt her mind wandering, and strove to recall it, that
to the very last moment it might rest on him, she again forcibly opened
her eyes and fixed them on Brian's face. They never left it afterwards.
The whole world seemed to have faded from her except that face. For
a minute or two longer she lay looking at him, her countenance all
radiant, until, gradually and softly, her eyes closed.

"Hush!" whispered Nathanael, as he drew his weeping wife closer to his
bosom, and pointed out the beatitude of that dying smile. "Hush--she is
quite happy. She has gone home!"

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