Ashford, when Ashford says to her: “That's not funny, Miss Bearing. It is the truth. The newspaper is not the point... Don't go back to the library. Go out. Have fun with your friends” (Edson). However, in Vivian's final moments when Ashford visits her, Ashford manages to calm her down through a children's book. Even though Vivian is only sleeping, Ashford realizes it's the end. Ashford quotes Shakespeare's “Hamlet”: “It's time to go. And flights of angels sing your rest for you. As Martha Eads states in her article regarding Vivian's death, “Her final exit into the light suggests her salvation, as does the visit of her mentor”.”