Li Choo, the superior man, is dead," he protested.
"I am a doctor," was the reply.

"If he is dead, the law will not touch him, and you shall be alone with him, but the law must know that he is dead.

That is the way that prevails among the 'low people,'" he added ironically.
The Chinaman stood aside, and the Young Doctor stooped, felt the pulse, touched the heart and lifted up the head and looked into Li Choo's sightless eyes.
"He is dead," he said, and he came back again to the Coroner and the others.

"Let's get out of this," he added.

"He is beyond our reach now.
No need for an inquest here.