10/26 "Arrest a dead man! I never heard of such a thing. Isabel said something about two men, I remember; but she was so full of grief and agitation altogether, that I but half comprehended what she did say upon the subject. Why, what will be done? The housekeeper told me, this morning, she feared they would not even suffer the coffin to be closed down. And that ought to be done with all convenient speed." "It is perfectly horrible!" uttered the earl. |