"Would that I were dead, before they had brought me to this! Would that I were dead!" "Is it not right, dear, that we should all bear what He sends us ?" "Would that I were dead!" he repeated.

"The load is too heavy for me to bear, and I would that I were dead!" The time seemed to be very long before Thompson returned and asked them to accompany him into the big room.

When he did so, Mr.Crawley grasped hold of his chair as though he had resolved that he would not go.

But his wife whispered a word to him, and he obeyed her.

"He will follow me," she said to the policeman.