2:51:15
The police are here
and insist on speaking to you.
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Your husband,
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His Grace the Bishop,
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lost his life this morning
under terrible circumstances.
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May I, madam?
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We think we've been able to determine
the course of events.
2:51:52
Miss Elsa Bergius,
who was gravely ill, lay in bed.
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On her bedside table stood a lamp.
2:51:59
By some unfortunate accident,
the lamp fell on the bed
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igniting her nightgown,
hair and bed linens.
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Blazing like a torch,
she ran through the house
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and by chance made it
into the Bishop's bedchamber.
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According to His Grace's sister,
miss Henrietta Vergerus,
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he was in a heavy sleep
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from a soporific
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you had given him earlier that night.
2:52:33
Miss Bergius flung herself on him,
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igniting his bedclothes
and nightshirt.
2:52:39
His grace woke up
and succeeded in freeing himself
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from the dying woman
who was still ablaze.
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But he could not
extinguish the flames
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that were now engulfing him.
2:52:53
Old Mrs. Vergerus found her son
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with his body burnt
and face charred.