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. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...the widow. But in the midst even of his feverish excitement McKenzie was too practical to encourage such needless extravagance. " The banns have been regularly published in Hastings and for the last three Sundays," he said, " there will be no difficulty in getting the ceremony performed, here, to-day and ...
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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. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...the widow. But in the midst even of his feverish excitement McKenzie was too practical to encourage such needless extravagance. " The banns have been regularly published in Hastings and for the last three Sundays," he said, " there will be no difficulty in getting the ceremony performed, here, to-day and within an hour. There need be no fuss, the bridemaids must put up with the disappointment. I will go to the Rector myself and put the case to him honestly." " If you decide on that, I will accompany you, of course" said the widow, trusting more to her own powers of persuasion than to Gabriel's. Mrs. Moreton managed the business portion of the interview so cleverly that the Rector, thoroughly appreciating the force of the situation, declared he would hold himself in readiness to perform the ceremony at 11.30 that morning. To avoid discussion, and to silence future comment and surprise at this hasty act, Mrs. M oreton thought it would be well to VOL. III. M get a medical opinion as to the excited state of Sibyl's brain. This she could show to any who might cavil afterwards. The widow therefore called upon young Dr. Widdicombe, (a brother of the lawyer known as " old Wideawake"), to whom she put her daughter's case so forcibly, that the youthful M.D. much impressed by what he heard, went straight away to see the interesting and most unfortunate patient. Dr. "Widdicombe had Mrs. Moreton's effective " summing up " still ringing in his ears when he confronted her daughter, whose ghastly face and fevered pulse really gave cause for alarm. " An immediate departure from this place, and from the sight of anything likely to remind Miss Moreton of the tragic event that has occurred is the only chance we have of averting brain fever. To that climax these...
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