Her companion was a portly handsome man, also dressed in a full suit of the deepest mourning, with the finest of lace at his bosom and wrists, and a sword in a black sheath by his side.

These persons were Mr.Kneebone and Winifred.
The funeral, it has just been said, took place on that day.

Amongst others who attended the sad ceremony was Mr.Kneebone.

Conceiving himself called upon, as the intimate friend of the deceased, to pay this last tribute of respect to her memory, he appeared as one of the chief mourners.

Overcome by his affliction, Mr.Wood had retired to his own room, where he had just summoned Thames.