Henry realized that he was very happy.

He realized for the first time, with peaceful content, not with joy so turbulent that it was painful and rebellious, that he and his wife owned this grand old house and all those fair acres.

He was filled with that great peace of possession which causes a man to feel that he is safe from the ills of life.

Henry felt fenced in and guarded.

Then suddenly the sense of possession upon earth filled his whole soul with the hope of possession after death.