The detectives retired to consult, and Waddy had to break the calamity to Mrs.Monckton.He did this as well as he could; but it little matters how such blows are struck.

Her agony was great, and greater when she saw him, for she resisted entirely all attempts to keep her from him.

She installed herself at once as his nurse, and Mark Waddy retired to a garret.
A surgeon came by Colonel Clifford's order and examined Monckton's bruised body, and shook his head.

He reported that there were no bones broken, but there were probably grave internal injuries.

These, however, he could not specify at present, since there was no sensibility in the body; so pressure on the injured parts elicited no groans.