CHAPTER XLVII.
CLOSING SCENES.
It was not until the day of her husband's funeral that Ellen Whitelaw wrote to Mr.Fenton to tell him what had happened.

She knew that her letter was likely to bring him post-haste to the Grange, and she wished his coming to be deferred until that last dismal day was over.

Nor was she sorry that there should be some little pause--a brief interval of ignorance and tranquillity--in Marian's life before she heard of her husband's useless voyage across the Atlantic.

She was in sad need of rest of mind and body, and even in those few days gained considerable strength, by the aid of Mrs.Whitelaw's tender nursing.

She had not left her room during the time that death was in the darkened house, and it was only on the morning after the funeral that she came downstairs for the first time.