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Her prostration ever since , her -- Aunt Ray , you do n't think it was Gertrude who fell down the clothes chute ? '' I could only nod my head in a hopeless affirmative . The morning after Halsey 's return was Tuesday . Arnold Armstrong had been found dead at the foot of the circular staircase at three o'clock on Sunday morning . The funeral services were to be held on Tuesday , and the interment of the body was to be deferred until the Armstrongs arrived from California . No one , I think , was very sorry that Arnold Armstrong was dead , but the manner of his death aroused some sympathy and an enormous amount of curiosity . Mrs. Ogden Fitzhugh , a cousin , took charge of the arrangements , and everything , I believe , was as quiet as possible .