Gabriel that said nothing.

He sprang up, and looked at me in silence. Thank Heaven, my back was
to the window, for I could not take my eyes away from his. I thought
he grew a little pale; I even thought his lips moved a little. Then
he spoke.

"No, no; who said that? We cannot spare you. Emilia, Emilia, you
must never leave us!"

That is how the dream goes. I put my head down on the table.

"God knows," I said, "I do not want to leave you."

There was a long silence; I sat there bowed, struggling with my
tears; I think I heard footsteps and a closing door. Then a hand was
laid upon my shoulder,--I knew whose hand it was, and I shook
beneath it.

I only know one thing more that I can tell you. I heard a voice. It
was not a loud voice, but it rang through the darkness; it swept the
world away.

"Emilia!" it said, "Emilia, you must not leave us! Stay with me,--I
love you!"

And then some cloud fell upon us.

Good night, dear, good night.