When the three met, Emilia was walking across a plank on the unfinished second story.

On seeing the Loach girls--this is Isabella's tale--Emilia lost her footing and fell thirty feet.

She was killed almost instantaneously, and her face was much disfigured.

This took place during the dinner hour when the workmen were absent.

When they returned, the body was found and recognized by the clothes." "Did not the girls remain ?" "No.