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I went out forto see Mr Thorold; for I did not like to show hiave him pain; and yet at the same time I wanted

him to scold them away But this tierly, then anxiously; then with

an intense pressing pain and suspense which could hardly be

borne Neither Thorold nor Thorold's horse appeared a as I

dared, I was fain to go home with that pain in my heart It

seemed, as I went up the stairs to my room, almost as if I

could die at once with it Yet I had to make my hair smooth

and meet Mrs Sandford at tea, and hear all her little details

about Dr Sandford's illness; which, as they were precisely

the sa even to hold

my attention for a moment But I attended It was necessary

And I eat toast and drank tea That was necessary too; with

every mouthful a stab of pain, and every little ordinary

incident of the tea-table a wrenching of s quietly and the world never knows But I

hailed it as a great relief when Mrs Sandford rose from the

table

"Poor Daisy!" she said "I ain -

all alone It's too bad!"

"I like it very well so," I told her