It was a sudden seizure, but what everybody had expected; everybody was shocked for the moment, and then wondered that they were.

It was very appalling to me; I was so unhappy, I almost believed I loved him, and I certainly mourned for him with simplicity and affection.
The preparations for the funeral were so frightful, and all the thoughts it brought so unnerving, that I was almost ill.

A great deal came upon me, in trying to manage the wailing servants, and in helping Richard in arrangements.
It was the day after the funeral; I was tired, out, and had lain down on the sofa in the dining-room, partly because I hated to be alone up-stairs, and partly because it was not far from lunch-time, and I felt too weary to take any needless steps.

I don't think ever in my life before I had lain down on that sofa, or had spent two hours except, at the table, in that room.

It was a most cheerless room, and no one ever thought of sitting down in it, except at mealtime.