Sentence:  Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine <WSD>ululation</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy