For a few moments nobody stirred.

But then a wild hubbub arose among the guests, and while some of them rushed towards the magnate and helped to carry him to bed, others went to fetch the doctors.

The coffin had already been removed from the table.
The terrified army of guests was not long in scattering in every direction.

Late that night all the roads leading from the castle of Karpathy were thronged with coaches speeding onwards at a gallop.

Terror and Hope were the only guests left behind in the castle itself.