Madelon knelt down and began to pull out some weeds that had sprung up, whilst Graham stood looking on. Long afterwards, one might fancy, would that hour still live in his memory--the peaceful stillness brooding over the little graveyard, the sunset sky, the sheltering hills, the scent of the falling roses, and Madelon, in her dark dress, kneeling by the grave. Her task was soon accomplished, but she knelt on motionless. Who shall say of what she was thinking? Something perhaps of the real meaning of life, of its great underlying sadness, ennobled by patient suffering, by unselfish devotion, for presently she turned round to Graham. "Oh, Horace," she said, "help me to be good; I am not, you know, but I would like to be----and you will help me." "My little Madelon!" he raised her up, he took her in his arms. "We will both try to be good, with God's help. The world is all before us, to work in, and do our best--we will do what we can; with God's help, I say, we will do what we can." They drove swiftly back towards Liege; the air blew freshly in their faces, the sunset colours faded, the stars came out one by one. As they vanish from our sight, they seem to fade into the mysterious twilight land. For them, as for us, other suns will rise, other days will dawn, but we shall have no part in them; between them and us falls the darkness of eternal separation. THE END. PRINTING OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER. Typographical errors silently corrected by the transcriber : Part 1 chapter 3 : =Ou est-il donc, ce petit drole?= silently corrected as =Ou est-il donc, ce petit drole?= Part 1 chapter 3 : =ton pere nous attends= silently corrected as =ton pere nous attend= Part 1 chapter 5 : =large porte-cocheres at intervals= silently corrected as =large portes-cocheres at intervals= Part 1 chapter 5 : =went to the grande messe= silently corrected as =went to the grand' messe= Part 1 chapter 5 : =for a late dejeuner= silently corrected as =for a late dejeuner= Part 2 chapter 4 : =bursts of passionate crying?= silently corrected as =bursts of passionate crying.= Part 2 chapter 8 : =Ecoutes, Madelon= silently corrected as =Ecoute, Madelon= Part 2 chapter 11 : =his late dejeuner= silently corrected as =his late dejeuner= Part 2 chapter 12 : =quite irrevelant= silently corrected as =quite irrelevant= Part 2 chapter 14 : =said so many things;= silently corrected as =said so many things,= Part 3 chapter 2 : =he said, but one of the children= silently corrected as =he said, "but one of the children= Part 3 chapter 3 : =but she is; without exception= silently corrected as =but she is, without exception= Part 3 chapter 4 : =je m'etouffe ici= silently corrected as =j'etouffe ici= Part 3 chapter 5 : =aret hey not pretty= silently corrected as ="are they not pretty= Part 3 chapter 5 : ="Yes, you pitied me= silently corrected as =Yes, you pitied me= Part 3 chapter 6 : =like an Esquimaux= silently corrected as =like an Esquimau=