Other matters are first to be regarded.

So let me come to the point.

Mrs.Elder is dead; and, as far as I could see, there is no living soul, beyond a frightened servant, to do any thing.

Whether she will have the presence of mind to call in the neighbours, is more than I can say.

I left in the bewilderment of the moment; and now remember me that something is to be done for the dead.