human
Mr. Lorimer is--
gpt
Mr. Lorimer is dead.
human
You don't mean it! When?
gpt
This morning, between seven and eight o'clock.
human
It must have been very sudden?
gpt
Yes, at the last. He had been quite ill for twenty-four hours. He was overtired with his walk of the day before, and then ate something that disagreed with him. He suffered terribly, and, at the last, heart failure developed.
human
But they had no doctor,
gpt
No, he said quietly.
human
Mr. Lorimer has had a number of such attacks, and Mrs. Lorimer had all the proper remedies. Until within a few moments of the end, there was no indication that this attack was any more serious than the others had been, and there had never before been any tendency to heart failure. He paused for a moment, deliberately challenging another question. Then he added,
gpt
If your telephone is not in use, I must send word to Mrs. Lorimer's friends.