Love and Hatred by Marie Belloc Lowndes

It was arranged between Lord St. Amant and the coroner -- who was his lordship's own medical attendant (when he required a medical attendant, which was seldom) -- that the inquest should be held at Freshley Manor.

The body had been placed in Mrs. Tropenell's own room, that is, in the very room, as the cook, who had been in the house close on thirty-five years, explained to some of the members of the jury, where poor Mr. Oliver had been born.