I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all.

I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven." Jo could not speak, and for several minutes there was no sound but the sigh of the wind and the lapping of the tide.

A white-winged gull flew by, with the flash of sunshine on its silvery breast.

Beth watched it till it vanished, and her eyes were full of sadness.

A little gray-coated sand bird came tripping over the beach 'peeping' softly to itself, as if enjoying the sun and sea.