The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.

Jack is a former fire damper who is injured in an explosion.

1998, N. A. Krylov; A. A. Bokserman, Evgeniĭ Romanovich Stavrovskiĭ, The oil industry of the former Soviet Union, page 112:

Cot-so, sir, I know you are deemed to be a man of wit: but may I not ask if these things sit not too light upon you?