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Updated: July 19, 2025
She would have known that in taking little Madaline from Castledene she was destroying her last chance of ever being owned or claimed by her parents; she would have understood that, although she loved the child very dearly, she was committing a most cruel act. But she thought only of how she loved her. Yet, undiscerning as she was, she was puzzled about her daughter's happiness.
I am taking only ordinary precautions. I do not say she is in danger I merely say that she is not so well as I should like to see her." Another hour passed, the church clock at Castledene was striking two, and Dr. Evans had joined the grave-faced group around the sick woman's bed.
He never dreamed that the cause of the mystery was the woman's passionate love for the child. All Castledene wondered with him indeed, for some days the little town was all excitement. Margaret Dornham had disappeared with the child who had been left in their midst.
Letsom had prospered; one gleam of good fortune had brought with it a sudden outburst of sunshine. The doctor had left his little house in Castle street, and had taken a pretty villa just outside Castledene.
I saw her lips grow white and tremble, and I became alarmed. It was not until we reached Castledene that she gave in and told me she could go no further. Still you say there is no danger, and that you do not think she will die?" "Danger? No, I see none. Life and death lie in the hands of One above us; but, humanely speaking, I see no danger."
I drove to the doctor, who was a good Samaritan; he took us into his house my child was born, and my wife died there. It was not a son and heir, as we had hoped it might be, but a little daughter, as fair as her mother. Ah, Lord Arleigh, you have had your troubles, I have had mine. My wife was buried at Castledene my beautiful young wife, whom I loved so dearly.
Inside the house was the strange hush that dangerous sickness always brings with it. The doctor had in haste summoned the best nurse in Castledene, Hannah Furney, who shook her head gravely when she saw the beautiful pale face. An hour passed, and again Dr. Letsom sought his distinguished guest. "I am sorry not to bring better news," he said.
The first thing that he did after his father's funeral was to go down to Castledene; he had made all arrangements for bringing his daughter and heiress home. He was longing most impatiently to see her; but when he reached the little town a shock of surprise awaited him that almost cost him his life. Dr.
Heaven pardon me because of my youth, my ignorance, my inexperience! I think sometimes that I might have saved her but it is impossible to tell. We stopped at a little town called Castledene, and I drove to the hotel. There were races, or something of the kind, going on in the neighborhood, and the proprietors could not accommodate us.
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