Is Mr.Vane coming ?" "He was out yachting.

Mrs.Vane expected him home yesterday, so it is to be hoped he will be here to-day." "Whatever will be done if he does not come ?" she breathed.

"The leaden coffin ought to be soldered down, for you know, air, the state he was in when he died." "It can be soldered down without Mr.Vane." "Of course--without Mr.Vane.

It's not that, sir.

Will those men allow it to be done?
The undertakers were here this morning at daybreak, and those men intimated that they were not going to _lose sight_ of the dead.