And these were all.

Philip had not been here then, though it was now past midnight.
For the first time in his life he had let this day pass by without a thought for their dead.

How bitterly this grieved Melissa, and even added to her anxiety for him! It was with a heavy heart that she and Alexander anointed the tombstone; and while Melissa uplifted her hands in prayer, the painter stood in silence, his eyes fixed on the ground.

But no sooner had she let them fall, than he exclaimed: "He is here, I am sure, and in the house of the embalmers.

That he ordered two wreaths is perfectly certain; and if he meant one for Korinna's picture, he surely intended the other for our mother.