"No, friend," said a pleasant and, as it seemed to Prince Andrew, a familiar voice, "what I say is that if it were possible to know what is beyond death, none of us would be afraid of it.

That's so, friend.

" Another, a younger voice, interrupted him: "Afraid or not, you can't escape it anyhow.

" "All the same, one is afraid! Oh, you clever people," said a third manly voice interrupting them both.