His eyelids fell, and the breathing changed.

The nurse hurriedly rose, lifted up Louie from her toys, and put her on the bed beside him.

The child, disturbed in her play and frightened by she knew not what, set up a sudden cry.

A tremor seemed to pass through the shut lids at the sound, a slight compression of pain appeared in the grey lips.

It was Sandy Grieve's last sign of life.
Reuben Grieve remembered well the letter he had written to his wife, with infinite difficulty, from beside his brother's dead body.