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Halliday's? The wife Mrs. Halliday is still living, I suppose?" "Yes; but the lady who was then Mrs. Halliday is now Mrs. Sheldon." "Of course; he married her," said Mr. Burkham. "Yes; I remember hearing of the marriage." He had tried in vain to recover his old composure. He was white to the lips, and his hand shook as he tried to arrange his scattered papers.
"The young ladies will not make use of this entrance except to gain admittance to the gymnasium. On all other occasions, the front dormitory door must be used." Then Sara explained. "Miss Burkham does not approve of visits at rear doors. When the girls have on the gym suits, they are not permitted to go to the front of the building.
The patient seemed decidedly better; and Georgy was prepared to revere Mr. Burkham, the Bloomsbury surgeon, as the greatest and ablest of men. Those shadows of doubt and perplexity which had at first obscured Mr. Burkham's brow cleared away, and he spoke very cheerfully of the invalid. Unhappily this state of things did not last long.
Here Valentine found Mr. Burkham, pale and anxious, waiting in a little den of a third room, on the ground-floor a ghastly little room, hung with anatomical plates, and with some wax preparations in jars, on the mantelpiece, by way of ornament. To them presently came Dr. Jedd, as lively and business-like as if Miss Halliday's case had been a question of taking out a double-tooth.
Burkham's address, with some little trouble in the way of hunting through old and obscure documents. It was the old address; the old dingy, comfortable, muffin-bell-haunted street in which Mr. Burkham had lived ten years before, when he was summoned to attend the sick Yorkshire farmer. Mr. Burkham's career had not been brightened by the sunshine of prosperity.
The girls rushed into one another's arms. They could talk now of the flood for the danger had passed from them. The dormitories were a babel of voices. A score of girls talked at once and not one listened to another. Miss Burkham from the hall below heard the confusion and retired to her own apartments. She had no thought of interfering with the chatter.
I can take them through the city streets wherever the streets are open. I think we can keep them better satisfied if we keep their attention on something else than themselves." "Perhaps, it would be better. I have been concerned about them. They have been most thoughtful and considerate so far. You may take the Fraulein with you and the school purse, too, Miss Burkham.
I am sure that you can help me." Without waiting to be questioned, Valentine related the circumstances of Charlotte's illness, and of his interview with Mr. Burkham. "I did not even know that the poor girl was ill," said George Sheldon. "I have not seen Phil for months. He came here one day, and I gave him a bit of my mind.
She controlled her impatience at being thus detained. Miss Burkham released her and Hester moved forward as though by well-directed machinery. On reaching Number Sixty-two, she found Helen standing before her dressing-table. She was alone. She turned as Hester entered. "Little roommate," she said smiling a welcome at Hester. "Little roommate, I am vexed with you.
Let her talk with the young man at the reception if she wishes to and Miss Burkham does not object." "She appeared so much interested. I am afraid " "Nonsense. You would hedge Hester about with your fears. It is just a wholesome girlish interest which is right and proper for one normal young person to show in another. Had it been otherwise, Hester would not have talked so freely."
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