CHAPTER XVI.

WE RETURN HOME FOR THE LAST TIME.

Our last happy day--The sword falls--He is called away--The sixty hours between death and funeral--The funeral at Trieste--The dreadful time that followed--Colonel Grant attacks Richard after his death--I answer directly to the _Graphic_ in two parts--My answer--The beloved remains are removed to England--I leave Trieste and go to Liverpool--I fall ill--The mausoleum tent complete--The funeral in England at Mortlake--"It" confesses: too late.