Alice, when she received this, was at the first moment so much struck, and indeed surprised, by the tidings of her grandfather's death, that she was forced, in spite of the still existing violence of her own feelings, to think and act chiefly with reference to that event. Her father had not then left his room. She therefore went to him, and handed him Kate's letter. "Papa," she said, "there is news from Westmoreland; bad news, which you hardly expected yet." "My father is dead," said John Vavasor. Whereupon Alice gave him Kate's letter, that he might read it. "Of course I shall go down," he said, as he came to that part in which Kate had spoken of him. "Does she think I shall not follow my father to the grave, because I dislike her brother? What does she mean by saying that there shall be no quarrel between you and her?" "I will explain that at another time," said Alice. 
Alice, when she received this, was at first so surprised by the news of her grandfather's death, that she was forced to think chiefly about that event. She went to her father and handed him Kate's letter.
"Papa," she said, "there is bad news from Westmorland."
"My father is dead," said John Vavasor; and he read the letter. "Of course I shall go," he said, as he came to that part in which Kate had spoken of him. "Does she think I shall not go to my father's funeral? What does she mean by saying that there shall be no quarrel between you and her?"
"I will explain another time," said Alice. 