"'Alice?'
"'Dinah!'
"'Is he dead?'
"'Yes. Here, lend a hand. The body is dreadfully heavy. I am almost killed with dragging it hither.'
"'You did not bring it alone!'
"'Who could I ask to help me? and I was so afraid of discovery, I dared not leave it to come for you.'
"The old woman put down the light, and went to help her granddaughter.
"'Let us roll the body into the grave, mother.'
"'Not yet—I must look at him.'
"'He makes a dreadful corpse.'