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Chapter IV. A Diary Of The Dying

           Mybrain,myreading,myexperience—infact,mywholeuniqueequipment—weretobecondensedintothatepoch-makingvolume.Andyet,asIsay,Iacquiesce."

           "Iexpectwe’veallleftsomelooseendsstickin’out,"saidLordJohn."Whatareyours,youngfellah?"

           "Iwasworkingatabookofverses,"Ianswered.

           "Well,theworldhasescapedthat,anyhow,"saidLordJohn."There’salwayscompensationsomewhereifyougropearound."

           "Whataboutyou?"Iasked.

           "Well,itjustsohappensthatIwastidiedupandready.I’dpromisedMerivaletogotoTibetforasnowleopardinthespring.Butit’shardonyou,Mrs.Challenger,whenyouhavejustbuiltupthisprettyhome."

           "WhereGeorgeis,thereismyhome.But,oh,whatwouldInotgiveforonelastwalktogetherinthefreshmorningairuponthosebeautifuldowns!"

           Ourheartsre-echoedherwords.Thesunhadburstthroughthegauzymistswhichveiledit,andthewholebroadWealdwaswashedingoldenlight.Sittinginourdarkandpoisonousatmospherethatglorious,clean,wind-sweptcountrysideseemedaverydreamofbeauty.Mrs.Challengerheldherhandstretchedouttoitinherlonging.Wedrewupchairsandsatinasemicircleinthewindow.Theatmospherewasalreadyveryclose.Itseemedtomethattheshadowsofdeathweredrawinginuponus—thelastofourrace.Itwaslikeaninvisiblecurtainclosingdownuponeveryside.

           "Thatcylinderisnotlastin’toowell,"saidLordJohnwithalonggaspforbreath.

           "Theamountcontainedisvariable,"saidChallenger,"dependinguponthepressureandcarewithwhichithasbeenbottled.

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