The ultimate state of excitement in a person’s life before a more relaxing interlude takes place; or, a very important event not to be missed by not paying enough attention to it at the
time, as, in the rush someone might inadvertently miss the moment of his own death by mistake (or, what is inherent in the process of dying, the precise moment of his
death), and so would find himself in a right state because he would not quite
know what to do with himself
next, he being dead, as he having missed paying enough attention at the
time to the second most important event in his life, which would clearly be a right kettle of fish.
Die inadvertently, my word! that would be the last
thing I’d do, as dying is a
thing that must be done right, even if one has not particularly managed to live
well.