This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...answered Mr. Connell. "H'm!" mused Nurse Hannah. "I wonder if the lady did send the witch away, or if the witch had done her work for the time being, when she'd seen the lady?" "But, dear me, sir, there must be something wrong at the Court--look at the bustling to and fro!" They quickened their pace. Janet Mackay came ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...answered Mr. Connell. "H'm!" mused Nurse Hannah. "I wonder if the lady did send the witch away, or if the witch had done her work for the time being, when she'd seen the lady?" "But, dear me, sir, there must be something wrong at the Court--look at the bustling to and fro!" They quickened their pace. Janet Mackay came running down the avenue towards them, crying: "Oh, Mrs. Hannah, we've been looking for you high and low. There's Master Frank lying insensible, in his own bedroom, and there's poor James Sloam taken mortally bad in the kitchen. We've sent off all ways for the doctors already, and we've done what we could, and" "Hush!" said Nurse Hannah authoritatively. "This gentleman is Mr. Connell, Mrs. Raven's brother-in-law, come down on a visit. Take us at once to Mr. Frank's room." Mrs. Raven was already there, and so were Budd and Mrs. Sims. Everybody made way for Nurse Hannah, and nobody took much heed of Mr. Connell. The experienced woman proceeded to make a few rapid observations, and then prepared for stringent measures. "What had Mr. Frank taken last?" she asked, as she went forward with her preparations. "A beautiful basin of as good soup as ever you saw," wailed Mrs. Sims; "leastway, he did not take it--what he left I gave to poor James." "And he's ill too!" said the nurse. "Ma'am," said Mrs. Sims, reproachfully, "you ought to know the young master was ill yesterday. But there! them as is trained nurses don't take as much note o' sickness, though it's their business, as those that have been bred about a place and have human hearts in their bosoms." "What had he taken yesterday before he was sick?" asked the nurse, heed...
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Add this copy of Mrs. Raven's Temptation, By the Author of 'Dr. Hardy's to cart. $70.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
