HELP!!! What does this irony mean from A Cold Greeting by Ambrose Bierce: "It had been taken a week?

HELP!!! What does this irony mean from A Cold Greeting by Ambrose Bierce: "It had been taken a week before his death." or:HELP!!! What does this irony

HELP!!! What does this irony mean from A Cold Greeting by Ambrose Bierce: "It had been taken a week before his death."

or:HELP!!! What does this irony mean from A Cold Greeting by Ambrose Bierce: \"It had been taken a week before his death.\"

or:That is something I've never read or heard of

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