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There comes the rain. I suppose it will spoil all the flowers. They will be beaten to pieces." THERE COMES THE RAIN I SUPPOSE IT WILL SPOIL ALL THE FLOWERS THEY WILL BE BEATEN TO PIECES
wered Amelia briefly. She felt relieved that Emily had taken it so calmly. Amelia hated Stephen Fair with all the intensity of her nature because she believed that he had treated Emily ill, but she had always been distrustful that Emily in her heart of hearts loved her husband still. That, in Amelia Phillips' opinion, would have betrayed a weakness not to be tolerated. Emily looked at the lamp unwinkingly. "That wick needs trimming," she said. Then, with a sudden recurrence of the untuneful note: "Is he dangerously ill?" "We haven't heard for three days. The doctors were not anxious about him Monday, though they said it was a pretty severe case." A faint, wraith-like change of expression drifted over Emily's beautiful face and was gone in a moment. What was it--relief? Regret? It would have been impossible to say. When she next spoke her vibrant voice was as perfectly melodious as usual. "I think I will go to bed, Amelia. John will not be back until late I suppose, and I am very tired. ELODY WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH HIM TYPHOID ANSWERED AMELIA BRIEFLY SHE FELT RELIEVED THAT EMILY HAD TAKEN IT SO CALMLY AMELIA HATED STEPHEN FAIR WITH ALL THE INTENSITY OF HER NATURE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THAT HE HAD TREATED EMILY ILL BUT SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN DISTRUSTFUL THAT EMILY IN HER HEART OF HEART LOVED HER HUSBAND STILL THAT IN AMELIA'S OPINION WOULD HAVE BETRAYED A WEAKNESS NOT TO BE TOLERATED EMILY LOOKED AT THE LAMP UNWINKINGLY THAT WICK NEXT TRIMMING SHE SAID THEN WITH A SUDDEN RECURRENCE OF THE UNTUNEFUL NOTE IS HE DANGEROUSLY ILL WE HAVEN'T HEARD FOR THREE DAYS THE DOCTORS WERE NOT ANXIOUS ABOUT HIM MONDAY ALTHOUGH THEY SAID IT WAS A PRETTY SEVERE CASE A FAINT WRAITHLIKE CHANGE OF EXPRESSION DRIFTED OVER EMILY'S BEAUTIFUL FACE AND WAS GONE IN A MOMENT WHAT WAS IT RELIEF REGRET IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN SHE NEXT SPOKE HER VIBRANT VOICE WAS AS PERFECTLY MELODIOUS AS USUAL I THINK I'LL GO TO BED AMELIA JOHN WILL NOT BE BACK UNTIL LATE I SUPPOSE AND I AM VERY TIRED
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