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them. (The very last bit of shopping he ever did was 

 to buy a present for that Golden Wedding, which 

 reached those for whom it was intended after he was 

 dead.) 



He came into his study about twelve, and asked 

 that the book in which he was then interested, ' Some 

 Aspects of Theism,' 1 might be read aloud; but before 

 the reading began he changed his mind, and said he 

 would lie down in his bedroom and be read to there. 

 On lying down he complained of feeling very ill, said 

 a few loving words to one who was with him, and 

 became unconscious. His children and the Dean 

 came to him, but he did not recover enough to know 

 them, and passed away in less than an hour : 



Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem. 



Five days later he was laid to rest in Holywell 

 Cemetery, after an early Celebration in Christ Church, 

 the first part of the service being said in the cathe- 

 dral which he had loved so much, and which had 

 brought him so much comfort in the last weeks of 

 life, and in which it is hoped a memorial of him may 

 be placed. 



His favourite hymn, ' Lead, kindly Light,', was 

 sung, and the service was said in part by the friend 

 who had been with him on his wedding day, given 

 him his first Communion after the illness began, and 

 who had been bound up with many joys and sorrows ; 2 

 and in part by Mr. Philip Waggett, who had been 

 to him as a young brother, more and more loved, 

 during the seven years in which they had walked and 

 talked as friends, the friend known as 'Carissime.' 

 (One other special friend, Mr. Gore, was prevented by 

 illness from coming.) 



1 By Professor Knight of St. Andrews. - The Dean of Christ Church. 



