Soon these, too, were gone, and the casket was refastened and carried out by the shrinking bearers, leaving in those darkened rooms a trail of desolation which was only broken from time to time by the now faint and barely heard reiteration of the name of her who had just been borne away!

She undid the linen of her little girl, hid the letter there, and refastened the swaddling band.

"However his brother declared it was the case, and so the other one said, 'Well, let me go, and see if I can find some water.' "When the tricky raccoon heard this he hurried back and at once untied the rope from the bushes and refastened it to the post near the water.

Her club skates were securely refastened, and then she listened again.

she said, slowly, refastening the cage.

As soon as he disappeared Mr. Nott cautiously dropped through the opening to the deck below, and, going to the other hatch through which the Lascar had vanished, deliberately refastened it.