Marc Chagall Painting

Marc Chagall Painting
Still, hope was as stubborn now as doubt had been before; she could not bring herself to accept the verdict of the test; she must try the thing again-the failure must have been only an accident; so she startled the boy out of his sleep a second and a third time, at intervals-with the same result which had marked the first test-then she dragged herself to bed, and fell sorrowfully asleep, saying, "But I cannot give him up-oh, no, I cannot-he must be my boy!"
Marc Chagall Painting
The poor mother's interruptions having ceased, and the prince's pains having gradually lost their power to disturb him, utter weariness at last sealed his eyes in a profound and restful sleep. Hour after hour slipped away, and still he slept like the dead. Thus four or five hours passed. Then his stupor began to lighten. Presently, while half asleep and half awake, he murmured:
"Sir William!"
After a moment:
Marc Chagall Painting