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"My dear," exclaimed Fanny, quite hurt, "he was patience itself while he

ith us"

"That's the difference between illness and recovery, dear Lady Teht be irritable with fresh undetected

splinters of bone alorking themselves out, all down one side;

and doubts which orse, the fingers on, or the fingers off, and no

escape from folly or politeness, for he could not even use a crutch

Oh, no, I don't blaeneral dislike he took to

everything at poor dear Littleworthy He viewed it all like that child

in Mrs Browning's poelers leap,' and

we have partaken of the juggler aspect to him ever since!"

"I don't think he could ever be very irritable," said Fanny, taking the

accusation htly said Bessie; "they encounter what no one

else does! He only pined for Bishopsworthy, and e let him move

there, after the first month, he and my uncle were happy I stayed there

for a little while, but I was only in the way, the dear good folks were

always putting themselves out on my account; and as to Alick, you can't

think how the absence of his poor 'souffre-douleur,' invigorated

him Every day I found hi