No wedding could go on after _that_, you know, ma'am, anyhow, let alone the bride falling into a fit the minute she saw the bloody corpse of her murdered father, and being of a raving manyyack ever since.

Instead of a wedding and a feast there will be an inquest and a funeral." "Was--there--a--robbery ?" inquired Rose Cameron in a low, faint, frightened tone.
"Ay, ma'am, a great robbery of money and jewelry, and no clue yet to the vilyuns as did it! But won't you drink your tea, ma'am ?" "Na, na, I dinna need it now.

Ou! this is awfu'! Wae worth the day!" exclaimed the horror-stricken girl, shivering from head to foot as with an ague.
"Indeed, I am very sorry I told you anything about it, ma'am.

But I thought it would interest you.

I didn't think it would shock you.