At the White House.--The Anxious Throngs.--Examination of the Wounds.--The President's Questions.--His Willingness to Die.--Waiting for his Wife.--Sudden Relapse.--A Glimmer of Hope.--A Sunday of Doubt.--Independence Day.--Remarks of George William Curtis. 218 CHAPTER XXX. The Assassin.--What were his motives.--His own Confessions.--Statement of District-Attorney Corkhill.--Sketch of Guiteau's Early Life. 227 CHAPTER XXXI. Night of the Fourth.--Extreme Solicitude at the White House.--Description of an Eye-witness.--Attorney McVeagh's Remark.--Sudden Change for the Better.--Steady Improvement.--The Medical Attendance. 233 CHAPTER XXXII. A Relapse.--Cooling Apparatus at the White House.--The President writes a Letter to his Mother.--Evidences of Blood Poisoning.--Symptoms of Malaria.--Removal to Long Branch.--Preparation for the Journey.--Incidents by the Way. 238 CHAPTER XXXIII. Description of the Francklyn Cottage.--The Arrival at Long Branch.--The President is Drawn up to the Open Window.--Enjoys the Sea View and the Sea Breezes.--The Surgical Force Reduced.--Incident on the Day of Prayer. 245 CHAPTER XXXIV. Hopeful Symptoms.--Official Bulletin.--Telegram to Minister Lowell.--Incidents at Long Branch.--Sudden Change for the Worse.--Touching Scene with his Daughter.--Another Gleam of Hope.--Death ends the Brave Heroic Struggle.--The Closing Scene. 252 CHAPTER XXXV. The Midnight Bells.--Universal Sorrow.--Queen Victoria's Message.--Extract from a London Letter.--The Whitby Fishermen.--The Yorkshire Peasant.--World wide Demonstrations of Grief. 260 CHAPTER XXXVI. The Services at Elberon.--Journey to Washington.--Lying in State.--Queen Victoria's Offering.--Impressive Ceremonies in the Capitol Rotunda. 266 CHAPTER XXXVII. Journey to Cleveland.--Lying in State in the Catafalque in the Park.--Immense Concourse.--Funeral Ceremonies.--Favorite Hymn.--At the Cemetery. 273 CHAPTER XXXVIII. Lakeview Cemetery.--Talk with Garfield's Mother.--First Church where he Preached.--His Religious Experience.--Garfield as a Preacher. 280 CHAPTER XXXIX. The Sunday Preceding the Burial.--The Crowded Churches.--The one Theme that Absorbed all Hearts.--Across the Water.--At Alexandra Palace.--At St. Paul's Cathedral.--At Westminster Abbey.--Paris.--Berlin.--Extract from London Times. 287 CHAPTER XL.