* * * * * And Rachel? A year after Manuel died, she married a man from a neighboring village, a masterful man who broke her over his knee like a willow switch, and whom she adored for the rest of her life. She bore him sons and daughters, and grew—comparatively—cheerful and placid. She came to see Grandmother now and then, and marvelled at her. “How you do age, Grandmother!” she would say. “And you without a care in the world. I wonder what would have happened if you had really lived, as I have!” THE END. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Grandmother, by Laura E. Richards