On the day of the funeral a dozen relatives came, Pallisers and M'Closkies, who on such an occasion were bound to show themselves, as members of the family.

With them and his two sons the Duke walked across to the graveyard, and then walked back; but even to those who stayed the night at the house he hardly spoke.

By noon on the following day they had all left him, and the only stranger in the house was Mrs.Finn.
On the afternoon of the day after the funeral the Duke and his guest met, almost for the first time since the sad event.

There had been just a pressure of the hand, just a glance of compassion, just some murmur of deep sorrow,--but there had been no real speech between them.

Now he had sent for her, and she went down to him in the room in which he commonly sat at work.