The Pilgrims of the Rhine, Page 32

  "What! is the story ended?" asked Gertrude.

  "Yes."

  "Nay, surely the thousand years were not added to poor Ida's doom; andSeralim bore her back with him to Heaven?"

  "The legend saith no more. The writer was contented to show us theperpetuity of woman's love--"

  "And its reward," added Vane.

  "It was not _I_ who drew that last conclusion, Albert," whisperedGertrude.