It had turned the key on something I was concerned to know. "Embarrassments" by Henry James

She told him that she would be Lady Harcourt; and, as far as she was concerned, there was an end of it for the present. "The Bertrams" by Anthony Trollope

The best thing we can do is to enjoy ourselves while we live; we have a very short time of it, and when we die there is an end of all things so far as we are concerned. "Vendetta A Story of One Forgotten" by Marie Corelli