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Aunt Rachel would have entered a disclaimer, but Rosa spoke before

she could open her mouth

"I didn't say that, Frederic! There was never such another ilobe as yourself It would be

unpardonably rude in us to send thehim see ish nonsense he has to say He will feel the easier

when it is done"

Dr Ritchie's private report to Mrs Sutton, who acco that he was served with

luncheon, was discouraging The disease had made fearful inroads

upon a constitution that had never been robust, and the nervous

excitability of the patient was likely to accelerate her decline

She er for several months It would not surprise him to

hear that she had died within twelve hours after his visit It was

but fair and professional he added, that he should, through Mrs

Sutton, advise Mr Chilton of her state, although, unless he were

mistaken, he had already anticipated his verdict

This Mrs Sutton found was the case, when she essayed that evening

to insure hiainst the awful shock of his wife's unexpected

dissolution