Oh, here's death.

“Oh, thinks Virginia, just before tea, here’s death.  What, exactly, does one say to children, or to anybody?”  (Cunningham 116). 

This quote makes one think back to Mrs. Dalloway’s party, when Septimus’ death is being discussed.  Here, in Virginia’s story, a bird has died, and her niece and nephews are having a funeral for it, upset by its death.  Virginia, however, wonders how one should deal with death and how to explain it, whereas carefree Clarissa prefers just not to think about it, and therefore has more enjoyment in life as it is happening.