The doctor prescribed, and Pawkins
drove off at breakneck speed to get the prescription filled by the
medical student at his dispensary. Then, he and the minister returned to
the sobered and melancholy company at Bridesdale. "Resting, but hardly
breathing," was the bulletin that greeted them, when they enquired after
the solitary battler for life in the upper chamber. Yet he was not
alone; one sad stricken woman's heart was bound to that poor shadow of
former vital wealth forever.
CHAPTER XXI.
Matilda Free--The Constable Captured--The Thunderstorm--Rawdon
Found--The Lawyer Revives--Inquest--Mr. Pawkins
Again--Expeditions--Greek--Committee of the Whole--Miss Graves and
Mr. Douglas--Weddings--The Colonel, Wilkinson and Perrowne
Off--Arrival of Saul--Errol, Douglas and Coristine
Wedded--Festivities in Hall and Kitchen--Europe--Home--Two
Knapsacks--Envoi.
That was a dreary Monday afternoon inside Bridesdale, in spite of the
beautiful weather without, for the shadow of death fell heavy and black
on every heart. Those who had shared in the morning's merriment felt as
if they had been guilty of sacrilege.
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