"Poor Jack is dead! You can do nothing.

For God's sake, go back!" After some persuasion upon the stairs Mrs.Douglas had gone back.
She did not scream.

She made no outcry whatever.

Mrs.Allen, the housekeeper, had taken her upstairs and stayed with her in the bedroom.
Ames and Mr.Barker had then returned to the study, where they had found everything exactly as the police had seen it.

The candle was not lit at that time; but the lamp was burning.