He could not gainsay his mother's objections, but he thought it hard luck.
A funeral in a country village is a public occasion.

Friends and neighbors are expected to be present without invitation.

Among those who assembled at the house were Mrs.Burke and Andy.

They felt truly sorry for the death of Colonel Preston, who had been a friend to both.
Mrs.Preston saw them enter, and, notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, the thought intruded: "They're after the legacy, but they will be disappointed.

I've taken good care of that." Godfrey saw them, also, and his thought was a characteristic one: "What business has that Irish boy at my father's funeral?
He ought to know better than to poke himself in where he is not wanted." Even Godfrey, however, had the decency to let this thought remain unspoken.