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`` I wish them not to know till I return to tell them myself . I shall have ascertained things then which I am uncertain about now , and I shall return as soon as possible . Come now , the horses are ready . '' The Bitter Waters Spread MR. IRWINE returned from Stoniton in a post-chaise that night , and the first words Carroll said to him , as he entered the house , were , that Squire Donnithorne was dead -- found dead in his bed at ten o'clock that morning -- and that Mrs. Irwine desired him to say she should be awake when Mr. Irwine came home , and she begged him not to go to bed without seeing her . `` Well , Dauphin , '' Mrs. Irwine said , as her son entered her room , `` you 're come at last . So the old gentleman 's fidgetiness and low spirits , which made him send for Arthur in that sudden way , really meant something . I suppose Carroll has told you that Donnithorne was found dead in his bed this morning .