A smile flitted over his face, and he shut his eyes, saying, "I've often forgotten your messages before, father, but I shan't forget this one!"
* * * * *
Presently he roused up again, and said, "I should like to do that thing people do before they die."
"What thing?"
"I forget the name of it in English. In French it is the same as the Gospels and Epistles."
"The same as the Gospels and Epistles? What can you mean?"
"Virginie calls them 'Le Noveau Testament.' What's the English for that?"
"New Testament."
"But what's testament in English? I can't remember words now."
"Testament in English? Oh! will."