I'm sure he'd like to see you--I'll ask him.' Dan went into the drawing-room.

He looked out at the flowers, and then at the harpsichord, and on her little walnut table, where her work-basket lay, and her thimble, and the little coral necklace--a childish treasure that she used to wear when she was quite a little thing.

It was like a dream; and everything seemed to say--'Poor little Lily!' So old John came in, and 'Sir,' said he, 'the master will be glad to see you.' And Dan Loftus found himself in the study; and the good doctor and he wrung one another's hands for a long time.
'Oh, Dan--Dan--she's gone--little Lily.' 'You'll see her again, Sir--oh, you'll see her again.' 'Oh, Dan! Dan! Till the heavens be no more they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Oh, Dan, a day's so long--how am I to get over the time ?' 'The loving Lord, Sir, will find a way.' 'But, oh! was there no pitying angel to stay the blow--to plead for a few years more of life?
I deserved it--oh, Dan, yes!--I know it--I deserved it.

But, oh! could not the avenger have pierced me, without smiting my innocent darling ?' 'Oh! she was taken in love, not in judgment, Sir--my pastor--but in love.