Mr. Reed had been dead nine years: it was in this chamber he breathed his last; here he lay in state; hence his coffin was borne by the undertaker's men; and, since that day, a sense of dreary consecration had guarded it from frequent intrusion.
Il signor Reed era morto da nove anni, e in quella stanza aveva esalato l'ultimo respiro, di là era stata portata via la sua bara, e da quel giorno una specie di culto solenne avevala preservata da frequenti visite.