A scullery maid dropped a decanter a little while since, and the crash drew bloodcurdling shrieks from the kitchen.

Come, let us eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

The quotation is not a felicitous one.
Indeed, it is distinctly ominous, but it seems to meet the conditions." He threw open the door, and saw the three ladies descending the stairs.
"Helena," he cried sternly, "the doctor said you were not to stir out of your room." "My dear, the doctor is a mere man, and fancies that a woman is not fitted for warfare.

He is quite mistaken.

When aroused we can be terrible." Mrs.Forbes, whose face was paler and eyes seemingly bigger and more luminous than usual, was leaning on Evelyn's arm.