She gave him yet another look, a fleeting one which he did not see. Then she softly opened the door and passed into the room of the dying man. Stephen followed her. As for Clarence, he stood for a space staring after them. Then he went noiselessly down the stairs into the street.
CHAPTER XI. LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT
When the Judge opened his eyes for the last time in this world, they fell first upon the face of his old friend, Colonel Carvel. Twice he tried to speak his name, and twice he failed. The third time he said it faintly.
“Comyn!”
“Yes, Silas.”
“Comyn, what are you doing here?
“I reckon I came to see you, Silas,” answered the Colonel.
“To see me die,” said the Judge, grimly.
Colonel Carvel's face twitched, and the silence in that little room seemed to throb.