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Chapter 40

           SohethrewaquickapologeticglanceatCarreenand,bowinghisheadagain,beganrecitingfrommemorytheEpiscopalburialservicewhichhehadoftenreadoverslavesburiedatTwelveOaks.

           "IamtheResurrectionandtheLife...andwhosoever...believethinMeshallneverdie."

           Itdidnotcomebacktohimreadilyandhespokeslowly,occasionallyfallingsilentforaspaceashewaitedforphrasestorisefromhismemory.Butthismeasureddeliverymadehiswordsmoreimpressive,andmournerswhohadbeendry-eyedbeforebegannowtoreachforhandkerchiefs.SturdyBaptistsandMethodistsall,theythoughtittheCatholicceremonyandimmediatelyrearrangedtheirfirstopinionthattheCatholicserviceswerecoldandPopish.ScarlettandSuellenwereequallyignorantandthoughtthewordscomfortingandbeautiful.OnlyMelanieandCarreenrealizedthatadevoutlyCatholicIrishmanwasbeinglaidtorestbytheChurchofEngland’sservice.AndCarreenwastoostunnedbygriefandherhurtatAshley’streacherytointerfere.

           Whenhehadfinished,Ashleyopenedwidehissadgrayeyesandlookedaboutthecrowd.Afterapause,hiseyescaughtthoseofWillandhesaid:"Isthereanyonepresentwhowouldliketosayaword?"

           Mrs.Tarletontwitchednervouslybutbeforeshecouldact,Willstumpedforwardandstandingattheheadofthecoffinbegantospeak.

           "Friends,"hebeganinhisflatvoice,"maybeyouthinkI’mgettin’abovemyself,speakin’firstmewhoneverknewMr.

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