Octavia's Pride; or, The Missing Witness — page 81: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

OCTAVIA’S PRIDE. 71 ve she seemed so enthusiastic. She said the wide world held oa _ not such another devotee to the healing art. She seemed e to be telling you about him, as ea she had seen him e lately.” * Her ladyship had taken the yee beside her visitor, ~* . and her white hands, a-sparkle with gems, were dropped i listlessly into her lap. At this speech of Octavia’s a tremor era ran through them, and the slender fingers clenched at the an silken folds of her dress. f “Ah!” said she, ‘‘ remember now. It was all true what ost Lady Frances said, but it will not help you any, my dear ie | girl. Sir Hugh, you know, had the governorship out there 4 in Sydney, and Lady Frances was with him. It was of a doctor there she was ADA RS a man, indeed, without a ) peer—Doctor Morley.” hs As she spoke the name her ladyship’s voice fell a little, a ; little quiver crossed the face, the eyes took on a far-off, Ls melancholy look. b. Octavia Wainwright iewored hastily in a voice of keen : regret. : ““Alas! I am deeply grieved to hear it. J have been resting so much faith and hope upon him, for I knew that 4 neither you nor Lady Frances. gave your praise lightly. I must do the best I can, then. You recommend me to take Sir James Winston?” : ‘“We put our own family under his care. I am grieved . for you, my dear; but I hope it is an unnecessary alarm. . How long has General Wainwright been ill?” “Several weeks; but I was not alarmed until to-day. How long, I wonder, ‘would it take to send to Sydney and o bring this Doctor Morley here?” : **'Too long to be of any avail. Besides, no inducement fi would persuade him to leave. He is giving a life and : genius that would bring him countless gold and. high fame 5 here in London to a hospital of those wretched convicts,” t ze | } “com [al oXoXo) cs com