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"Well done, Rachel! It proves what Alick always said, that her great

characteristic is candour!"

"I hope she was not knocked up by the long night journey all at one

stretch Mrs Curtis was very uneasy about it, but nothing would move

her; she owned that Alick did not expect her, for she had taken care he

should not object, by saying nothing of her intention, but she was sure

he would be ill on Wednesday ave

in directly, but all wethat Alick

over-tired"

"She was extreone

through; he was miserably ill, and I hardly knehat to do with hihtened up at the sight of

her"

"There's the use of strength ofbetter under M'Vicar and Edinburgh winds It was hard on hi that terrible last week, and in

fact I never kne h rather than su , and poor

Keith was so fond of him, and liked his care so much that almost the

whole fell upon hiood

for Keith, and brought in Mr Clare more than perhaps I should ever have