Don Horacio 



shortly before his death, Don Hora- 

 cio made a request (with which it 

 was then impracticable to comply) 

 that certain favorite books, among 

 them, doubtless, Amadis of Gaul 

 and Palmerin of England (1540 and 

 1547), and with them, especially, the 

 " helmet," be brought from his lodg- 

 ings to his bedside, where he could 

 see them during his illness. At the 

 last moment she supported his reclin- 

 ing head, which fell upon her shoul- 

 der as he died. His last intelligible 

 words were " Love to Clarencio," his 

 favorite name for King, who, first of 

 all, had named him " Don Horacio." 

 His mortal remains are now in re- 

 pose, sharing in silent companionship 

 the final rest of lifelong friends,* in 

 whose family tomb, a stately mauso- 

 leum, overlooking the sea from his 

 favorite point of view, Don Horacio's 

 memorial tablet bears the inscription, 

 * The Bourn family. 

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