So out he came just as he was, with surplice on his back and book in hand.

But when the men knew what he was come for, and looked upon that tall, fair girl bowed down over her father's coffin, their hearts were moved, and first Tom Tewkesbury stepped out with a sheepish air, and then Garrett, and then four others.

So now we had six fine bearers, and 'twas only women that could still look hard and scowling, and even they said no word, and not a boy beat on his pan.
'Then Mr.Glennie, seeing he was not wanted for bearer, changed to parson, and strikes up with "I am the resurrection and the life".

'Tis a great text, John, and though I've heard it scores and scores of times, it never sounded sweeter than on that day.

For 'twas a fine afternoon, and what with their being no wind, but the sun bright and the sea still and blue, there was a calm on everything that seemed to say "Rest in Peace, Rest in Peace".