By Shore and Sedge

The hand that had been placed in the bride’s cold fingers slipped from them and mechanically sought Gideon’s again. The significance of the unconscious act brought the first spontaneous tears into the woman’s eyes. It was his last act, for when Gideon’s voice was again lifted in prayer, the spirit for whom it was offered had risen with it, as it were, still lovingly hand in hand, from the earth forever.