But the door had closed, and whither on the other side Jenny had already wandered, who could tell?
Perhaps that was the very way to miss her.
When two have lost each other in a crowd, it is best that one should stand still and await the other.

Perhaps it were best for him to stand still here in life.

Jenny would know where to seek him then--and maybe the dead had mysterious ways of bringing news to the living.

He could wait a little while and see.

For a little he could live--and listen..