But I am very sure that Mr.Dorrance sees us at this moment, and longs to tell us how glad he is, and that we must be glad for him." And Mercy's eyes shone as they looked steadfastly across the room, as if the empty space were, to her vision, peopled with spirits.
This mood of exalted communion did not leave her.

Her face seemed transfigured by it.

When she stood by the body of her loved teacher and friend, she clasped her hands, and, bending over the face, exclaimed,-- "Oh, how good God was!" Then, turning suddenly to Lizzy, she exclaimed,-- "Lizzy, did you know that he loved me, and asked me to be his wife?
This is why I am thanking God for taking him to heaven." Lizzy's face paled.

Astonishment, incredulity, anger, grief, all blended in the sudden look she turned upon Mercy.

"I thought so! I thought so! But I never believed you knew it.