end he said, rather sentimentally, "For one reason, if not for countless others, she will always be remembered among us. It can be said of her that she shared all she had and that her only desire was that others should be happy like herself."
It was Mr. Blundon himself who, as her oldest friend, consulted with Mr. and Mrs. Willis about the tombstone. They decided upon it at last—a simple stone with the inscription:
Here lies
Bessie Cudlip Winnery
widow
of
Horace J. Winnery
Died August—at the age of forty-six years
at the August Bank Holiday Excursion and Annual
Picnic of St. John's Chapel
He prayeth best who loveth best all things both great and small for the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all
The two poodles went to join the poodle Bessie had given Mrs. Willis and the house was closed and sold, and the following week Mr. Blundon's book was published. It was in two large volumes and was named A History of Prostitution, Religious and Secular. It was an excellent and erudite book and received scholarly notices. On the fly-leaf appeared the dedication, "To Mr. and Mrs. Horace J. Winnery, whose Friendship and Aid Made the Writing of This Book Possible."
