(d) And so the time came, all too soon, when the child looked out alone, and when there was no face on the bed; (e) and when there was a little grave among the graves, not there before; (f) and then the star made long rays down towards him, as he saw it through his tears.
(g) Now, these rays were so bright, and they seemed to make such a shining way from earth to heaven, that when the child went to his solitary bed he dreamed about the star; (h) and dreamed that, lying where he was, he saw a train of people taken up that sparkling road by angels. (i) And the star, opening, showed him a great world of light, where many more such angels waited to receive them.
(j) All these angels, who were waiting, turned their beaming eyes upon the people who were carried up
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