There were no tears in Lily's eyes, "Mamma, I'm so happy," she said smiling. "Dear Vi, you must be glad for me and not cry so. I have no pain to-day; and I'll never have any more when I get home where the dear Saviour is. Mamma, please read about the beautiful city."
Elsie took up the Bible that lay beside the pillow, and opening at the Revelation, read its last two chapters—the twenty-first and twenty-second.
Lily lay intently listening, Violet's hand fast clasped in hers.
"Darling Vi," she whispered, "you love Jesus, don't you?"
Violet nodded assent: she could not speak.
"And you're willing to let him have me, aren't you, dear?"
"Yes, yes," but the tears fell fast, and "Oh, what shall I do without you?" she cried with a choking sob.
"It won't be long," said Lily. "Mamma says it will seem only a very little while when it is past."
Her voice sank with the last words, and she closed her eyes with a weary sigh.
"Go, dear daughter, go away for the present," the mother said to Violet, who instantly obeyed.