And you--are you not afraid to sit up here alone ?" "Oh no." "You never seem to be afraid of any thing." "Not of much--I have gone through such a deal" said Christian, with a faint smile.

"But, papa, indeed you must go to bed." Nevertheless, they stood a little longer looking down upon Arthur, whose breathing grew softer into natural sleep.

Then, with a mutual impulse given by the unity of a common grief the husband and wife turned and kissed one another.
"God bless you, my darling, my poor children's mother, the first they ever--" He stopped, and never finished the sentence..