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"Well; she got well?"' said Dr Lavendar

"Got well? She'd have got well if he hadn't gone near her" Martha

began to stroke the gathers on a bit of cambric with a precise needle

that suddenly trembled "The woman herself was not to bla about me, Dr, Lavendar; I may

not be perfect, but I am always just No, she was not to blame; it was

Mrs Richie who sent for William She is the most helpless woh she uses

sachet-powders, and wears undersleeves all trimmed with lace, as if

she were six teen! I don't want to find fault, Dr, Lavendar, but I

must say that I wouldn't have trusted that little boy to her"

"Oh," said Dr, Lavendar, "I trusted her to the little boy! She'll be

so busy looking after his sleeves, she'll forget her own"

Mrs King sniffed, doubtfully "I'ht; but in

my opinion, she's a very helpless and foolish wo to ht's Sam

behave is worse!"

Dr Lavendar was suddenly attentive, "How does she let hilects his work at the bank