It seemed to me that the dead had come to life." "It must have been a shock," the man murmured, with his eyes upon the tablecloth.
"It was," she agreed, hoarsely.

"Can't you see it in my face?
I do not always look like a woman of forty.

Can't you see the gray shadows that are there?
You see, I admit it frankly.

I was terrified--I am terrified!" "And why ?" he asked.
"Why ?" she repeated, looking at him wonderingly.

"Doesn't it seem to you a terrible thing to think of the dead coming back to life ?" He tapped lightly upon the tablecloth for a minute with the fingers of one hand.