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.