text:  The number of visitors became at last so immense that the entrance-door (which was close to the study where the dying man lay) was incessantly opening and shutting; this disturbed the sufferer and we imagined the expedient of closing that door by placing against it a chest from the hall and instead of it opening another little door which led from the stair-case into the pantry and partitioning off with screens the dining-room from the drawing-room where his wife was