`` Everything else is a dream , save that . '' But , one day , Telephassa seemed feebler than usual , and leaned almost her whole weight on the arm of Cadmus , and walked more slowly than ever before . At last they reached a solitary spot , where she told her son that she must needs lie down , and take a good long rest . `` A good long rest ! '' she repeated , looking Cadmus tenderly in the face . `` A good long rest , thou dearest one ! '' `` As long as you please , dear mother , '' answered Cadmus . Telephassa bade him sit down on the turf beside her , and then she took his hand . `` My son , '' said she , fixing her dim eyes most lovingly upon him , `` this rest that I speak of will be very long indeed ! You must not wait till it is finished . Dear Cadmus , you do not comprehend me . You must make a grave here , and lay your mother 's weary frame into it . My pilgrimage is over . '' Cadmus burst into tears , and , for a long time , refused to believe that his dear mother was now to be taken from him . But Telephassa reasoned with him , and kissed him , and at length made him discern that it was better for her spirit to pass away out of the toil , the weariness , and grief , and disappointment which had burdened her on earth , ever since the child was lost . He therefore repressed his sorrow , and listened to her last words . `` Dearest Cadmus , '' said she , `` thou hast been the truest son that ever mother had , and faithful to the very last . Who else would have borne with my infirmities as thou hast ! It is owing to thy care , thou tenderest child , that my grave was not dug long years ago , in some valley , or on some hillside , that lies far , far behind us . It is enough .
Thou shalt wander no more XXXXX this hopeless search .
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