human
Grant--what is death?
gpt
Father, he asked, addressing the old man, who was rubbing his chilled hands over the fire,
human
Death? Death? and looked puzzled, as if searching for his words.
gpt
Death is the low archway in the journey of life, where we all--high and low, weak and strong, poor and rich, must bow into the dust, remove our earthly trappings, wealth and power and pleasure, before we rise to go upon the next stage of our journey into wider vistas and greener fields.
human
Oh, then after a moment he added:
gpt
Yes.
human
Aunty Laura--what is death?