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every now and then, they were so refreshing and did 

 not tire him. 



One or two special friends came in to see him on 

 these last days, and he had planned to go and stay at 

 a country house belonging to the President of Trinity, 

 which had been with characteristic kindness put at 

 his disposal. 



On Wednesday, May 23, he seemed particularly 

 well ; he wrote a letter to the Editor of the ' Contem- 

 porary Eeview ' and did some bits of work. It was 

 Sir James and Lady Paget's Golden Wedding day, 

 and he despatched a telegram of congratulation to 

 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,' ^ 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 

 hecame 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 imaginihus in veritateni. 



Five days later he was laid to rest in Holjrwell 

 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. 



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 



' By Professor Knight of St. Andrews. 



