“You loved her too, old fellow; she told me all about it, and there was no friend had a closer place in her heart than you. I don’t know how to thank you for all you have done for her. I can’t think yet.⁠ ⁠…”

Here he suddenly broke down, and threw his arms round my shoulders and laid his head on my breast, crying:⁠—

“Oh, Jack! Jack! What shall I do! The whole of life seems gone from me all at once, and there is nothing in the wide world for me to live for.”