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"
I
like
that
idea
very
much
but
would
n't
a
comfortable
spring
bed
do
them
as
well
as
a
coffin
?
"
"
The
coffin
,
"
said
Mary
Jane
,
"
is
to
remind
them
of
their
last
end
.
"
As
the
subject
had
grown
lugubrious
it
was
buried
in
a
silence
of
the
table
during
which
Mrs.
Malins
could
be
heard
saying
to
her
neighbour
in
an
indistinct
undertone
:
"
They
are
very
good
men
,
the
monks
,
very
pious
men
.
"
The
raisins
and
almonds
and
figs
and
apples
and
oranges
and
chocolates
and
sweets
were
now
passed
about
the
table
and
Aunt
Julia
invited
all
the
guests
to
have
either
port
or
sherry
.
At
first
Mr.
Bartell
D'Arcy
refused
to
take
either
but
one
of
his
neighbours
nudged
him
and
whispered
something
to
him
upon
which
he
allowed
his
glass
to
be
filled
.
Gradually
as
the
last
glasses
were
being
filled
the
conversation
ceased
.
A
pause
followed
,
broken
only
by
the
noise
of
the
wine
and
by
unsettlings
of
chairs
.
The
Misses
Morkan
,
all
three
,
looked
down
at
the
tablecloth
.
Someone
coughed
once
or
twice
and
then
a
few
gentlemen
patted
the
table
gently
as
a
signal
for
silence
.
The
silence
came
and
Gabriel
pushed
back
his
chair
.
The
patting
at
once
grew
louder
in
encouragement
and
then
ceased
altogether
.
Gabriel
leaned
his
ten
trembling
fingers
on
the
tablecloth
and
smiled
nervously
at
the
company
.
Meeting
a
row
of
upturned
faces
he
raised
his
eyes
to
the
chandelier
.
The
piano
was
playing
a
waltz
tune
and
he
could
hear
the
skirts
sweeping
against
the
drawing-room
door
.
People
,
perhaps
,
were
standing
in
the
snow
on
the
quay
outside
,
gazing
up
at
the
lighted
windows
and
listening
to
the
waltz
music
.
The
air
was
pure
there
.
In
the
distance
lay
the
park
where
the
trees
were
weighted
with
snow
.
The
Wellington
Monument
wore
a
gleaming
cap
of
snow
that
flashed
westward
over
the
white
field
of
Fifteen
Acres
.
He
began
:
"
Ladies
and
Gentlemen
,
"
It
has
fallen
to
my
lot
this
evening
,
as
in
years
past
,
to
perform
a
very
pleasing
task
but
a
task
for
which
I
am
afraid
my
poor
powers
as
a
speaker
are
all
too
inadequate
.
"
