"She's done it and there ain't nothin' in there but her remains.

Oh, my soul!" Ellery, now rather frightened himself, shook him violently.
"Be quiet, you idiot!" he commanded.

"We must go in.

Give me the key." After repeated orders and accompanying shakings, Kyan produced a key.
The minister snatched it from his trembling fingers, felt for the keyhole and threw the door open.

The little room was almost as dark as the hall and quite as still.