His father and Maria were distracted; even his mother manifested tokens of unusual sorrow, for after all she was his mother; and nothing, indeed, could surpass the sorrow of the whole family.

The servants were all in tears, and nothing but sobs and wailings could be heard throughout the house.

Harry Woodward himself put his handkerchief to his eyes, and seemed to feel a deep but subdued sorrow.

Medical aid was immediately sent for, but such was his precarious condition that no opinion could be formed as to his ultimate recover+y.
The next morning the town of Rathfillan, and indeed the parish at large, were in a state of agitation, and tumult, and sorrow, as soon as the melancholy catastrophe had become known.

The neighbors and tenants flocked in multitudes to learn the particulars, and ascertain his state.
About eleven o'clock Harry mounted his horse, and, in defiance of the interdict that had been laid upon him, proceeded at a rapid pace to Mr.
Goodwin's house, in order to disclose--with what object the reader may conjecture--the melancholy event which had happened.