They were both men, one big and red-faced and bearded, the other small, and thin, and white-haired.

A rustle passed through the crowd and everyone turned to look.

Some looked as if they recognized the pair, but they did not bow; evidently it was not proper to bow at funerals.
Mr.Hallett, on tiptoe, of course, glided into the little room from the big one and looked about him.

Then, to the absolute stupefaction of Mary-'Gusta, he took the rush-seated chair in one hand and the music chair in the other and tiptoed out.

He placed the two chairs in the back row close to the door of the smaller room and motioned to the two men to sit.
Mary-'Gusta could stand it no longer.