Though this story deals with the death of Alison but there is no description of death until the very end of this short story. Even the characters also are not discussing about the death directly. There is no indication in the story about what happened to Alison exactly. At the age of thirty five only she was using wig. From the story generally it can be guessed that it is Clark who will die because of being seventy eight years old. But at the end of the story we come to know that it is Alison who is facing death. She was suffering from a disease which cannot be cured. Doctor gave ultimatum of certain period for her remaining life. But few weeks earlier than the predicted time Alison is dying here. The death of Alison was expected for both of them.
In the penultimate paragraph there is an unfinished desire to tell something which Clark could not tell to Alison. ‘He wanted to get drunk with his wife once more’. With a greater perspective he wanted to assure Alison that in her lifetime she has missed nothing.