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They left it to me to communicate the dreadful news to her husband , and they warned me that a post-mortem examination must be held on the body . The doctor and valet lifted the cloak with which he was covered and , making wry faces at the noisome smell of mortifying flesh that came from the wound , began examining that dreadful place . If you look in , you 'll see barred windows , guarded fire , muffled walls , and other sights to chill your blood , when you remember all those dreadful things were meant for me . Among other dreadful details , the printed account described the mark of the cord round the dead man 's neck , and stated the number of thousand dollars of which he had been robbed ; there was much pathos also about the affliction of his niece , who had gone from one fainting fit to another , ever since her uncle was found hanging on the St. Michael 's pear-tree with his pockets inside out . Stanford 's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection is a searchable collection of almost 1,000 cover images from Stanford 's collection of dime novels , penny dreadfuls , and story papers . To prevent , as it were , any hope of escape , the Prophet , in the third chapter , gives , according to Calvin , and many other commentators , a graphic view of the ransack of the city , as though he were an eye-witness ; then he states the reasons for this dreadful overthrow , reminds the Ninevites of what had happened to another powerful and well fortified city , shows the uselessness of resistance , and declares the doom of the city to be irrevocable and irremediable .