"Why should you be cold ?" she said.

"The darkness is nothing to those who are used to it.

I have lived in outer darkness for seven weary years.

But now--now I think the day is drawing near at last." With an energy that astounded Dinah she got upon her knees and by her movements she realized, albeit too late, that she was divesting herself of the long purple coat.
With all her strength she sought to frustrate her, but her strength had become very feebleness; and when, despite resistance, Isabel wrapped her round in the garment she had discarded, her resistance was too puny to take effect.
"My dear," Isabel said, in her voice the deep music of maternal tenderness, "I am not needing it.

I shall not need any earthly things for long.