'It is a great surprise to me.

I knew Lord Maulevrier was low, very low, the pulse feeble and intermittent; but I had no fear of anything of this kind.

It is very sudden.' 'Yes, it is awfully sudden,' said Steadman, and then he murmured in the doctor's ear, 'You will give the necessary certificate, I hope, with as little trouble to her ladyship as possible.

This is a dreadful blow, and she----' 'She shall not be troubled.

The body will be removed to-morrow, I suppose.' 'Yes.