And yet he must know that he may die any day.

He only wishes to have this matter set straight so that he may die.

I could forgive him altogether if he would but once say that he was sorry for what he'd done.

But he has completely the air of the fine old head of a family who thinks he is to be put into marble the moment the breath is out of his body, and that he richly deserves the marble he is to be put into." "That is a question between him and his God," said Dolly.
"He hasn't got a God.

He believes only in his own reason,--and is content to do so, lying there on the very brink of eternity.