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a "sweet sadness," as the poet puts it, which iain," he said She had not gone back to her

chair, but leaned in the angle of the bay , and looked down at the

village below "I seees"

She nodded

"I know I reot up after the ested, with a faint so to me," said Nell "I reot well I hated the sight and smell of beef tea and

arrowroot And Doctor Spence--your doctor, you know--gave lass of

ale one day, and stood over me while I drank it He can be very firm

when he likes, not to say obstinate"

Mr Vernon listened to the ure and spirituelle face absently; and when there fell a

silence he showed no disposition to break it It was difficult to find

anything to talk about with so young and inexperienced a girl, and it

was almost with an air of relief that he turned as Mrs Lorton entered

"And how do you feel now?" she asked, with bated breath "Weak and

faint, I' one feels the first ti down Eleanor, I do hope you have not been tiring Mr Vernon by

talking too much"