“Did he die hard?” said the woman. “Everybody dies hard,” replied the doctor.
“Did he want to go?”
“None of us want to go.”
“How long did he live after you got there?”
“He lived until daylight.”
“You must have had a bad night of it.”
“It was awful!”
“It must a-been terrible if you thought so. You are used to seein' people die.”
“I'm not used to seein' them die like old Nicholas died,” replied the doctor. “He must a-been in powerful pain.”
“It wasn't so much pain. I could stop the pain.”