He looked heart-broken to-day . It is n't often I feel sorry for a man at his wife 's funeral , but I did feel for Jim Murray . '' `` No wonder he looked sad . He will not get a wife like Myra again in a hurry , '' said Susan . `` Maybe he will not try , since his children are all grown up and Mirabel is able to keep house . But there is no predicting what a widower may or may not do and I , for one , will not try . '' `` We 'll miss Myra terrible in church , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` She was such a worker . Nothing ever stumped HER . If she could n't get over a difficulty she 'd get around it , and if she could n't get around it she 'd pretend it was n't there -- and generally it was n't . ` I 'll keep a stiff upper lip to my journey 's end , ' said she to me once . Well , she has ended her journey . '' `` Do you think so ? '' asked Anne suddenly , coming back from dreamland . `` I ca n't picture HER journey as being ended . Can YOU think of her sitting down and folding her hands -- that eager , asking spirit of hers , with its fine adventurous outlook ? No , I think in death she just opened a gate and went through -- on -- on -- to new , shining adventures . '' `` Maybe -- maybe , '' assented Miss Cornelia . `` Do you know , Anne dearie , I never was much taken with this everlasting rest doctrine myself -- though I hope it is n't heresy to say so . I want to bustle round in heaven the same as here .
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