Her Faithful Knight — page 164: what you’re looking at

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160 Home Again. with us somewhere where there are no more pains and wotries and broken hearts—I should get well then, quite well.” ) Her head drooped heavily upon Dorothy’s arm as she finished speaking, and her eyes closed. She had fallen asleep, worn out by the excitement of this meeting. Gently disengaging her arms, Dorothy laid her sister back upon her pillows, and went in search of Nurse Rose. “The worst thing about Mrs. Trevelyan’s case is that she doesn’t seem to want to live,” the nurse said. “Of course, being so very young is very much in her favor, though, poor, dear thing, she might be thirty from her looks now. Yet Mrs. Cresswell tells me that you and your sister were formerly so much alike it was difficult to tell one from the other.” Dr. Morgan arrived on his daily visit at this juncture. The patient was going on as well as could be expected, he said. “T am very much afraid though, that even if we pull her through this, she will never be a strong woman again,” he said. “Unfortunately, I can do but little to alleviate the acute neuralgia from which she suffers, owing to the enfeebled condition of her heart. What your sister really requires is change of air and of scene. Of course, I don’t want to prescribe anything impossible, but if you could get your sister to some warm seaside place when she is a little stronger.” “Such as Plymouth ?” “Yes, Plymouth would be an excellent place for her in about a fortnight’s time, always supposing that she is strong enough to be moved.” “T shall be at Torquay next week,” said Dorothy. “Next week might be rather premature. But a few days later 2 “You think it would save her life?” eonnicboolks (E@)