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Dr. Lamb looked at his wife, and said nothing ; then he smiled slightly. When he smiled his thin lips showed rather large white teeth. She saw the smile, and a nervous expression came into her face ; she appeared to be slightly afraid of her husband. DOCTOR LAMB LOOKED AT HIS WIFE AND SAID NOTHING THEN HE SMILED SLIGHTLY WHEN HE SMILED HIS THIN LIPS SHOWED RATHER LARGE WHITE TEETH SHE SAW THE SMILE AND A NERVOUS EXPRESSION CAME INTO HER FACE SHE APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY AFRAID OF HER HUSBAND
 be necessary for you to give him a character for truthfulness, or sobriety, or early rising, or anything else. You will sleep in the dressing-room, in case Mr. Sandell should want you during the night. If he is unable to sleep, or turns faint again, you know what to do, but he won't. I shall want you to go to town to-morrow for me ; you must go early. I will give you your orders immediately after breakfast." As Dr. Lamb was coming down the stairs, a carriage drove up to the door. Mrs. Lamb had come back from the after-meeting. She placed on the hall table two or three devotional THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 25 books : amongst them was her Bible, fastened by an elastic band, and bulged with sheets of written notes. She was rather a short woman, with dark hair, and plain anaemic face and ecstatic eyes. She looked very young, twenty years younger than the doctor. " I'm late," she said to him, " but I've been very happy — so happy ! We had Mr. Catcome as usual — Elijah and the believer's hope. NUTES AGO THAT MISTER SANDAL WAS MY GUEST IT CEASED TO BE NECESSARY IF YOU DO GIVE HIM A CHARACTER FOR TRUTHFULNESS OR SOBRIETY OR EARLY RISING OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WILL SLEEP IN THE DRESSING ROOM IN CASE MISTER SANDAL SHOULD WANT YOU DURING THE NIGHT IF HE'S UNABLE TO SLEEP OR TURNS FAINT AGAIN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT HE WON'T I SHALL WANT YOU TO GO TO TOWN TO MORROW FOR ME YOU MUST GO EARLY I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR ORDERS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BREAKFAST AS DOCTOR LAMB WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS A CARRIAGE DROVE UP TO THE DOOR MISSUS LAMB HAD COME BACK FROM THE AFTER MEETING SHE PLACED ON THE HALL TABLE TWO OR THREE DEVOTIONAL BOOKS AMONGST THEM WAS HER BIBLE FASTENED BY AN ELASTIC BAND AND BULGED WITH THE SHEETS OF WRITTEN NOTES SHE WAS RATHER A SHORT WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR AND PLAIN ANEMIC FACE AND ECSTATIC EYES SHE LOOKED VERY YOUNG TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER THAN THE DOCTOR I'M LATE SHE SAID TO HIM BUT I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY SO HAPPY WE HAD MISSED HER CATACOMB AS USUAL ELIJAH IN THE BELIEVER'S HOPE
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