, or tired, or--or sad.

It was a quiet funeral: almost a cheerful one, the neighbours said, as
they saw the little room filled with bright flowers (they all seemed
to smell of mignonette, there was so much of it hidden among the
roses), and the serene face of the chief mourner, who stood at the
head of the coffin, with a child in either hand. It was an unusual
thing, people felt. Generally, at Cyrus funerals, the mourners stayed
up-stairs, leaving the neighbours to gather round the coffin in the
flower-scented room below; but it did not seem strange in Anne Peace,
somehow, and, after the first glance, no one could fancy any one else
standing there. The old minister, who had christened both David and
Anne on the same day, said a few gentle, cheering words, and the choir
sang "Lead, kindly Light;" then the procession went its quiet way to
the churchyard, and all was over.

Jenny Miller and the doctor followed Miss Peace home from the
churchyard, but made no attempt to speak to her. She seemed
unconscious of any one save the children, to whom she was talking in
low, cheerful tones. The doctor caught the words "rest," "home,"
"happiness;" and as she passed into the house he heard her say
distinctly: "Blessed privilege! My children now, my own! my own!"

"So they are!" said Doctor Brown, taking off his glasses to clear
them. "So they are, and so they will remain. I don't imagine Delia
will ever come back, do you, Jenny?"

"No," said Jenny, "I don't. She'll marry the undertaker before the
year is out."

And she did.

THE END.

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Transcriber's Notes

Original spelling and punctuation have been preserved except for the
joining of common contractions.

Page 8: Added closing quotes: (you seemed all right when I went out.")

Page 9: Phoebe had oe ligature in original book. (you've heard me tell
how my Aunt Phoebe 'Lizabeth)

Page 56: Removed extra quotation mark before I: ("You are too good. I
didn't expect, I'm sure--well, you are kind!")

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