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"And the presence of death was in the house, and the shadows of the grave rested upon it."

" had far better, Emily, go to bed, and take a little hot wine and water—the nurse can sit up. What," in a lower tone, "is she here for?" "I cannot—indeed I cannot," was the answer.

"Well, you always were obstinate;" and Mrs. Arundel took her own advice, viz. the hot wine and water, and the going to bed, leaving Emily to that sad and solemn watch the living keep by the dead. A week had now elapsed; and let even the most indifferent—those linked to the dead by no ties of love or kindred—say what such a week is. The darkened windows—the empty rooms, whose very furniture looks unfamiliar in