"Not to know what?"
"Not to know love when it came."
"But you know it now, Beloved?" he said, drawing the hands he clasped nearer to himself. "I thank God for that."
He closed his eyes, and lay very still, still clasping her hands. She watched by him. At last, his hands relaxed their hold, and she knew by his regular breathing that he was asleep.
John Clayton came to the door, saw how it was, and went away. So did the others who came to inquire. And Kenneth slept on, a restful, restoring sleep. And as Esther watched, she repeated to herself:
"The Greatest of These is Love."
CHAPTER XXIII
AT SUNSET
It was Dr. Mishell speaking.