He has taken an inventory of every article in the place, and the weight and value of every article.

Your friend Mrs.
Holbrook needn't be afraid.

I suppose she's some relation of yours, by-the-bye, sir, judging by the interest you seem to take in her affairs ?" "Yes," Gilbert said, not caring to answer this question directly, "I do take a warm interest in Mrs.Holbrook's affairs, and I am very anxious to see her placed in undisputed possession of her late grandfather's property." "I should think her husband would see after that," Mr.Tulliver remarked with a sneer.
Gilbert left the court after having asked a few questions about Jacob Nowell's funeral.

The old man had been buried at Kensalgreen, followed to the grave only by the devoted Tulliver, Mr.Medler, and the local surgeon who had attended him in his last illness.

He had lived a lonely friendless life, holding himself aloof from his fellow-creatures; and there were neither neighbours nor friends to lament his ending.