However that may be, his solemn final commands to his wife, Henrietta Maria, on whom he could count for absolute obedience in such matters, had been, that as soon as the breath had left his body, he should be taken from his bed, washed, perfumed, powdered, and in that uniform dressed and laid out; with directions that he should be so buried at the expiration of three days, that havoc in his features might be hidden from men.

In this array Lady Racial beheld him.

The curtains of the bed were drawn aside.

The beams of evening fell soft through the blinds of the room, and cast a subdued light on the figure of the vanquished warrior.
The Presence, dumb now for evermore, was sadly illumined for its last exhibition.

But one who looked closely might have seen that Time had somewhat spoiled that perfect fit which had aforetime been his pride; and now that the lofty spirit had departed, there had been extreme difficulty in persuading the sullen excess of clay to conform to the dimensions of those garments.