"When she died--" Mary gave a little involuntary jump.
"Oh! did she die!" she exclaimed, quite without meaning to.

She had just remembered a French fairy story she had once read called "Riquet a la Houppe." It had been about a poor hunchback and a beautiful princess and it had made her suddenly sorry for Mr.Archibald Craven.
"Yes, she died," Mrs.Medlock answered.

"And it made him queerer than ever.

He cares about nobody.

He won't see people.