But she didn't--she didn't," positively.

"When she died--" Mary gave a little involuntary jump.
"Oh! did she die!" she exclaimed, quite without meaning to.

She had just remembered a French fairy story she had once read called "Riquet a la Houppe." It had been about a poor hunchback and a beautiful princess and it had made her suddenly sorry for Mr.Archibald Craven.
"Yes, she died," Mrs.Medlock answered.

"And it made him queerer than ever.

He cares about nobody.