Lizzie's death
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:18 pm
As I was home not feeling well today, to take my mind off of it, I decided to get out my copy of Rebello and do some research.
The hours before Lizzie's death, she called her servants to her bedside and gave them all cash gifts. As Lizzie's death certificate lists heart as the cause of death, I am wondering what it was like in her final hours. It's obvious that she knew that that the end was near. Was she coherent for most of it? Was it more like respiratory failure than heart failure? The book also states the Fall River Herald reported "her death last night", which I wish I could get a more conclusive time of death. Was it early evening, late night, or middle of the night??
I am also wondering what room she was waked in?
I don't know if there is much credence that she had "winter" and summer" bedrooms, but I am thinking she must have died in the back bedroom since there was a bathroom in that room, making the room much more conducive to care for her.
Pam
The hours before Lizzie's death, she called her servants to her bedside and gave them all cash gifts. As Lizzie's death certificate lists heart as the cause of death, I am wondering what it was like in her final hours. It's obvious that she knew that that the end was near. Was she coherent for most of it? Was it more like respiratory failure than heart failure? The book also states the Fall River Herald reported "her death last night", which I wish I could get a more conclusive time of death. Was it early evening, late night, or middle of the night??
I am also wondering what room she was waked in?
I don't know if there is much credence that she had "winter" and summer" bedrooms, but I am thinking she must have died in the back bedroom since there was a bathroom in that room, making the room much more conducive to care for her.
Pam