Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 187: what you’re looking at

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and thus we find Percy Morton occupying that posi- tion. Just at this season of the year Sir Henry’s duties in London were not as heayy as usual; indeed most of his patients were out of town, and very many of them at Brighton; thus his services were often required at the fashionable watering-place where his own family spent a goodly portion of the sum- mer. Still, he did_ not like to leave his office in the city ones donne his absence, and after his arrangement with Perey, it was a great relief to him to feel that he could leave his patients there in skillful hands while he was absent. Three times a week he went himself to London, and, after Percy had become well established in his duties, he insisted that during his presence in the city, he should run out of town for rest and a breath of fresh air—to Brighton, if he chose, where he would be a welcome guest in his own summer home, or to any other place which he might choose. They would both nave a busy winter, he aflirmed, and he wished the § Aa man to get what rest and recreation he could by thus alternating their professional duties. Percy chose to go to Brighton, of course, for Hazel was there and no other place would have any charm for him without her. e knew that he could see her occasionally, and it would be pleasant to be near her even though their outward relations were not just what be wished them to be. He was tmmediately drawninto the circle where Helena Stewart reigned a belle, and where he was soon considered a great acquisition. Pi ir daga~ a ae eae A being from the moment oO s coming. 16 no longer seeme PANE the society of Lord Nelson, although micaniehs toon