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Beyond the veil

Today I received an e-mail supposedly from a Reuters colleague, Peter Mosley, who died on 30 March. The headline just says "Hi g", and I don't dare open this on my home computer. But if anyone could figure out how to transmit from "beyond the veil", it's Peter.

Dear, beauteous Death! the jewel of the just, 

Shining nowhere but in the dark, 

What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, 

Could Man outlook that mark!

- Henry Vaughan (1622-1695) ■