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2023-08-01 来源:百合文库
Silently the girl showed the will to her mother. As the two bent over the yellowed sheet, the dying man ceased to babble.
"What's that?" he said, peering toward the woman. Evidently, he was now aware of his surroundings, and had become rational again. Elizabeth went over to the bed and told him how she had found the will. He made no comment whatever, but his face went ashen and lifeless, with a look of bleak despair. He did not speak again. He died within thirty minutes. It is probable that his death was hastened several hours by the shock.
"What's that?" he said, peering toward the woman. Evidently, he was now aware of his surroundings, and had become rational again. Elizabeth went over to the bed and told him how she had found the will. He made no comment whatever, but his face went ashen and lifeless, with a look of bleak despair. He did not speak again. He died within thirty minutes. It is probable that his death was hastened several hours by the shock.