"’And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. "’And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. "’And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.’" And when he ceased there was a silence that could be felt, a silence almost painful, ere Dr. Owen’s silvery voice penetrated it with the words of the Benediction. Then the Protector and Mrs. Cromwell kissed the girls, and the clergymen blessed them, and they went to their rooms as from the very presence of God. But Mrs. Cromwell lingered a long time. She could not rest until she had seen the silver and crystal and fine damask put away in safety; and she thought it no shame to look—as her Lord did—after the fragments of the abundant dinner. "I will not have them wasted," she said to the steward, "nor given to those who need them not. The Lady Elizabeth hath a list of poor families, and it is my will that they, and they only, are served." Then she went to her daughter Claypole’s apartments, and talked with her about her children, and her health; also about the disorders and thieving of the servants, wrong-doings, which caused her orderly, careful nature much grief and perplexity. Elizabeth was her comforter and councilor, and the good daughter generally managed to infuse into her mother’s heart a serene trust, that with all its expense and inefficiencies the household was conducted on as moderate a scale as was consistent with her father’s dignity.