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this hot , and sometimes the silence was stirred by the brush

of sparrows in the ivy under the sills On the worn carpet in the

chancel the sunshine lay in patches of red and blue and purple, that

flickered noiselessly when the wind moved the maple leaves outside; it

was all so quiet that Helena could hear her own half-sobbing breaths

After a while, the first low note of the organ crept into the

stillness, and as it deepened into a throbbing chord, there was the

grave rustle of a rising congregation Then from the church door came

the sudden shock of words: "I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord"

Helena, clutching at the back of the next pew, stood up with the rest

Suddenly she swayed, as though the earth wasunder her feet

The step of the bearers came heavily up the aisle Her eyes fled from

what they carried--("oh, was he so tall?")--and then shuddered back

again to stare