Joseph bowed his head.
"The police must be notified at once."
"It has already been done. They should be here any minute now."
"I will wait for them."
"It has been such a ghastly shock!" Joseph said, after an uncomfortable pause.
The doctor assented. He looked as though he too had suffered a shock.
"I suppose you don't know who - ?" he asked, leaving the sentence unfinished.
Joseph shook his head. "I almost feel I'd rather not know. If one could be sure he didn't suffer!"
"Oh, probably hardly at all!" Stoke said reassuringly.
"Thank you. It's a relief to know that. I suppose he must have died immediately."