Well, the cure came forward; he laid his hand on the gunwale--just laid his hand on the gunwale, like that--'Give one more shove,' said he; and the boat seemed to start of herself and slipped down to the water as though she were alive.

The sick man received the sacrament all right, and died like a Christian just as day was breaking.

Yes, a priest has strength beyond the strength of men." Maria was still sighing, but her heart discovered a melancholy peace in the certainty and nearness of death.

This unknown disorder, the dread of what might be coming, these were dark and terrifying phantoms against which one strove blindly, uncomprehendingly.

But when one was face to face with death itself all to be done was plain--ordained these many centuries by laws beyond dispute.