Both Uses of
condolence
in
The Interlopers
- For form's sake I shall send my condolences to your family.†
*condolences = expression of sympathy
- Only as you will have met your death poaching on my lands I don't think I can decently send any message of condolence to your family.†
Definition:
an expression of sympathy to another who is in sorrow -- typically in grief over a death in the family