ld die; the isthmus between two worlds; the climax of the past
day; the verge of that which is to come; wrapping us in sleep after a
weary travail, and promising us a morrow which, since the first birth
of Creation has never failed. As the minutes glided on, Falkland felt
himself grow gradually weaker and weaker. The pain of his wound had
ceased, but a deadly sickness gathered over his heart: the room reeled
before his eyes, and the damp chill mounted from his feet up--up to the
breast in which the life-blood waxed dull and thick.

As the hand of the clock pointed to the half-hour after midnight the
attendants who waited in the adjoining room heard a faint cry. They
rushed hastily into Falkland's chamber; they found him stretched half
out of the bed. His hand was raised towards the opposite wall; it
dropped gradually as they approached him; and his brow, which was at
first stern and bent, softened, shade by shade, into his usual serenity.
But the dim film gathered fast over his eye, and the last coldness upon
his limbs. He strove to raise himself as if to speak; the effort failed,
and he fell motionless on his face. They stood by the bed for some
moments in silence: at length they raised him. Placed against his
heart was an open locket of dark hair, which one hand still pressed
convulsively. They looked upon his countenance--(a single glance was
sufficient)--it was hushed--proud--passionless--the seal of Death was
upon it.

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