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Sunday: I slept last night soundly for so

One frequently has some sense of depression or some sense of exhaltation

before one is quite conscious, and quite often cannot account for either

state Presumably Alathea had left me full of conte of joy and satisfaction, which gradually

changed to flatness, when I becareat rejoicing? None, except that the

for Burton It was nine o'clock

"Has Her Ladyship breakfasted yet, Burton?"

"Her Ladyship breakfasted at eight, and left the house at half-past, Sir

Nicholas"

My heart sank So I was going to have a lonely o to her et up

The doctors were co my new

foot, at twelve o'clock, and I am to have it on to-day for the first

time This would be a surprise for Alathea when she returned to lunch I

read ht over the whole of our acquaintance

Yes, certainly she has greatly changed in the last six weeks And

possibly I aoal than I could have dared to hope