13/16 But really, Henry, I'm too old." "You have promised, and my mind is at ease," the sick man said, with a smile. "Now I feel that I have given my life over to you and that I shall not really be dead so long as you are alive. Among my things you will find some letters written by my mother to my uncle, and a small gold chain and a locket that I wore when I was sto--when uncle took me. That's all." "I will do the best I can, but I'm too old." "You are only a few years older than I am. |