Possible Clues:

• Being present at
• Coming to a sober conclusion
• Being at a teetotaller's funeral
• Being at the last of the end of it
• Being at a teetotal funeral, it seems
• Present when things finish in the auditorium
• Being at a funeral where there's not a drink to be had
• At present only soft drinks at last
• Listening or being present at
• No drink for one's death for the present, perhaps