ɪɾ ɪz dˈɪfɪkəlt tə θˈɪŋk hˌaʊ pˈætɹɪk kˌʊdɐv bˌɪn mˈɜːdɚd, haʊˈɛvɚ, ʌntˈɪl ɡɹˈiːnliːf ɹᵻmˈɛmbɚz ðˈæt, ɔːlðˈoʊ pˈætɹɪk hæd hæd fˈoːɹ wˈɑːsp stˈɪŋz wɛn pˌʊt tə bˈɛd, ðɛɹ hɐdbɪn ɐn ɐdˈɪʃənəl swˈɛlɪŋ ˌɔn hɪz kˈɔːɹps: ɐ bˈiː stˈɪŋ tə wˈɪtʃ, ɪt tˈɜːnz ˈaʊt, pˈætɹɪk ɪz ɐlˈɜːdʒɪk.
It is difficult to think how Patrick could have been murdered, however, until Greenleaf remembers that, although Patrick had had four wasp stings when put to bed, there had been an additional swelling on his corpse: a bee sting to which, it turns out, Patrick is allergic.