The two lawyers had at once seen, from the face of the man who had opened the door and from the presence of three or four servants in the hall, that things were not going on in their usual course. Before Dolly had completed his buffoonery the butler had whispered to Mr. Bideawhile that Mr. Melmotte--"was no more."

The two lawyers at once saw, from the face of the man who had opened the door, that things were not going on in their usual course. The butler whispered to Mr. Bideawhile that Mr. Melmotte "was no more."
