The lady's maid left her place on account of it.

If Ferrari had gone away too, he would have been alive at this moment.

They have killed him.

I say they have killed him, to prevent it from getting to Lord Montbarry's ears.' So, in short sharp sentences, and in louder and louder accents, Mrs.Ferrari stated her opinion of the case.
Still keeping his own view in reserve, Mr.Troy listened with an expression of satirical approval.
'Very strongly stated, Mrs.Ferrari,' he said.

'You build up your sentences well; you clinch your conclusions in a workmanlike manner.
If you had been a man, you would have made a good lawyer--you would have taken juries by the scruff of their necks.