"But they told us not to."
"Why should we do what old people tell us! Dad's pretty well played
out, and so's your mother."
"Shocking; be off with you both," said the nurse; and, with a little
croon of admiration, Catherine's boy followed his cousin out of the
room. Their grandfather's mirth increased. He rolled about in the bed;
and, just as he was grasping the full irony of the situation, he died,
and pursued it into the unknown.