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Beatrice and Antony took it in turns to watch by Wonder's bed that night, and once while Beatrice was watching, Antony found time to steal up the wood with his prayer to Silencieux. Never had she looked more mask like, more lifeless. BEATRICE AND ANTONY TOOK IT IN TURNS TO WATCH BY WONDER'S BED THAT NIGHT AND ONCE WHILE BEATRICE WAS WATCHING ANTONY FOUND TIME TO STEAL UP THE WOOD WITH HIS PRAYER TO SELAGO NEVER HAD SHE LOOKED MORE MASK LIKE MORE LIFELESS
or by the doctor's side. "I have always thought you unwise to live in that valley," said the doctor. "It's pretty, but like most pretty places, it's unhealthy. Nature can seldom be good and beautiful at the same time." The doctor was somewhat of a philosopher. "Your little girl needs the hills. In fact you all do. Your wife isn't half the woman she was since you took her into the valley. You don't look any better for it, either. No, sir, believe me, beauty's all very well, but it's not good to live with—And, by the way, have you had your well looked at lately? That valley is just a beautiful sewer for the drainage of the hills; a very market-town for all the germs and bacilli of the district." And the doctor laughed, as, curiously enough, people always do at jests about bacilli. But when he looked at Wonder, he took a more serious view of bacilli. "You must have your well looked to at once," he said. "Your little girl is very ill. She must be kept very quiet, and on no account excited. O CRUEL AS THAT HE DROVE BACK ACROSS THE MOOR BY THE DOCTOR'S SIDE I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU UNWISE TO LIVE IN THAT VALLEY SAID THE DOCTOR IT'S PRETTY BUT LIKE MOST PRETTY PLACES IT'S UNHEALTHY NATURE CAN SELDOM BE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME THE DOCTOR WAS SOMEWHAT OF A PHILOSOPHER YOUR LITTLE GIRL NEEDS THE HILLS IN FACT YOU ALL DO YOUR WIFE ISN'T HALF THE WOMAN SHE WAS SINCE YOU TOOK HER INTO THE VALLEY YOU DON'T LOOK ANY BETTER FOR IT EITHER NO SIR BELIEVE ME BEAUTY'S ALL VERY WELL BUT IT'S NOT GOOD TO LIVE WITH AND BY THE WAY HAVE YOU HAD YOUR WELL LOOKED AT LATELY THAT VALLEY IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SEWER FOR THE DRAINAGE OF THE HILLS A VERY MARKET TOWN FOR ALL THE GERMS AND BASILLA OF THE DISTRICT AND THE DOCTOR LAUGHED AS CURIOUSLY ENOUGH PEOPLE ALWAYS DO AT JEST ABOUT BASILLA BUT WHEN HE LOOKED AT WONDER HE TOOK A MORE SERIOUS VIEW OF BASILLA YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WILL LOOKED AT AT ONCE HE SAID YOUR LITTLE GIRL IS VERY ILL SHE MUST BE KEPT VERY QUIET AND ON NO ACCOUNT EXCITED
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