She's in a new world this afternoon, and the angels in heaven are rejoicing over her, and I'm sure every man in Hatton will rejoice with her husband; he's hed a middling bad time with her lately or I'm varry much mistaken." Then these men and women, who had been privately unstinting in their blame of Missis and her selfish way, held their peace.

She had been with God.

About that communion they did not dare to comment.
As it neared five o'clock, Jane's maid came into the kitchen with another note of surprise.

"Missis hes dressed hersen in white from head to foot," she cried.

"She told me to put away her black things out of sight.