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"I have good hope, Mrs Vincy," Lydgate would say "Come doith me

and let us talk about the food" In that way he led her to the parlor

where Rosa her into

taking some tea or broth which had been prepared for her There was a

constant understanding between him and Rosa to the sickroom, and she appealed to

him as to what she could do forout his hints were ad Rosale itself with

his interest in the case Especially when the critical stage was

passed, and he began to feel confident of Fred's recovery In the ue (who, if he could,

would rather have remained neutral on Wrench's account); but after two

consultations, the conduct of the case was left to Lydgate, and there

was every reason tohe was at

Mr Vincy's, and gradually the visits became cheerful as Fred became

si but

conscious of it, so that Mrs Vincy felt as if, after all, the illness

had made a festival for her tenderness