Then turning to the crowd that filled the chamber of horror, he said: "My friends we must leave this room for the present to the care of Lady Belgrade and her female attendants." Then to the dowager he said: "My lady, let one of your maids cover that body with a sheet and let no one move it by so much as an inch, until the arrival of the coroner.

As soon as it is possible to do so, you will of course have Miss Levison conveyed to her own chamber.

But when you leave this room pray lock it up, and place a servant before the door as sentry, that nothing may be disturbed before the inquest." Lastly addressing the stupefied house-steward, he said: "McRath, come with me.

The castle doors must all be closed, and no one permitted to learn the arrival of a police force, which must be immediately summoned." So saying, after a last agonized gaze upon the insensible form of his bride, he left the room of horrors, followed by the house-steward and all the male intruders.
The news of the murder spread through the castle and all over the island, carrying consternation with it.

Yet the wedding guests outside, who were quite at liberty to go, showed no disposition to do so.