Unexpected news

On the way home from the historic building, I came across one of the wierdos. He's also an inveterate gossip. He told me that someone I know socially had been found drowned in the sea. That came as a bit of a shock. The person was very good-natured and quite harmless, however I used to avoid his company where his conversation was so strange. It was so strange in fact that I couldn't cope with it for very long. I can't go into a state of mourning, but it's sad news indeed.