details
that he
could not
bear to
hear. “Her
senses
never
returned:
she
recognised
nobody
from the
time you
left her,”
I said.
“She lies
with a
sweet
smile on
her face;
and her
latest
ideas
wandered
back to
pleasant
early
days. Her
life
closed in
a gentle
dream –
may she
wake as
kindly in
the other
world!”
“May she
wake in
torment!”
he cried,
with
frightful
vehemence,
stamping
his foot,
and
groaning
in a
sudden
