The Water lily Pond

The Water lily Pond
The Sacrifice of Abraham painting
The Three Ages of Woman
The Virgin and Child with St Anne The powerful notes of that concert rolled forth through the swinging yellow blinds of the open windows, over the housetops, and into the still air of the lanes. They reached so far as to the room in which Jude lay; and it was about this time that his cough began again and awakened him. ¡¡¡¡ As soon as he could speak he murmured, his eyes still closed: "A little water, please." ¡¡¡¡ Nothing but the deserted room received his appeal, and he coughed to exhaustion again--saying still more feebly: "Water--some water--Sue--Arabella!" ¡¡¡¡ The room remained still as before. Presently he gasped again: "Throat--water--Sue--darling--drop of water--please--oh please!" ¡¡¡¡ No water came, and the organ notes, faint as a bee's hum, rolled in as before. ¡¡¡¡ While he remained, his face changing, shouts and hurrahs came from somewhere in the direction of the river. ¡¡¡¡ "Ah--yes! The Remembrance games," he murmured. "And I here. And Sue defiled!"