id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt chapter-384 chapter-384 .txt text/plain 138 7 72 After the Supper and Talk After the supper and talk--after the day is done, As a friend from friends his final withdrawal prolonging, Good-bye and Good-bye with emotional lips repeating, (So hard for his hand to release those hands--no more will they meet, No more for communion of sorrow and joy, of old and young, A far-stretching journey awaits him, to return no more,) Shunning, postponing severance--seeking to ward off the last word ever so little, Een at the exit-door turning--charges superfluous calling back-een as he descends the steps, Something to eke out a minute additional--shadows of nightfall deepening, Farewells, messages lessening--dimmer the forthgoers visage and form, Soon to be lost for aye in the darkness--loth, O so loth to depart! Garrulous to the very last. ./cache/chapter-384.txt ./txt/chapter-384.txt