And from the distant village came softly sounding the tinkle of the church bell, tolling for evening prayer.
Hand in hand, Andor and Elsa wandered back to the village—together—hand in hand with memory—hand in hand in never-fading love and understanding and simple trust—hand in hand upon the bosom of the illimitable plain.
Transcriber's note:
Some names were spelled inconsistently in the original text. All occurrences of "Benko" have been corrected to "Benkó", "Bonifacius" has been corrected to "Bonifácius", and "Hohér" has been corrected to "Hóhér".
In addition, the following typographical errors have been corrected.
In Chapter XX, "violent and suddent" was changed to "violent and sudden".
In Chapter XXI, "wont . . . won't you sit down?" was changed to "won't . . . won't you sit down?"
In Chapter XXV, "make Andor giddy" was changed to "made Andor giddy".
In Chapter XXVIII, a missing period was added after "quietly laid to rest".