"I once heard your reverence say a thing which often comforts
me--namely, 'I have prayed our Lord God that he will give me a happy
departure when I journey hence. And he will do it; of that I feel sure.
At my latter end I shall yet speak with Christ my Lord, were it for ever
so brief a space.' I fear sometimes," continued Master Roerer, "that I
shall depart hence suddenly, in silence, without being able to speak a
word."