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And I have been to see that man Walker. He never saw your sister after her 'death, nor did the undertaker. And I might have met my death at the fangs of that dog you put upon me. What a fool Walker was." Enid looked up a little anxiously. Had Walker said anything about a second opinion? Had he betrayed to Henson the fact that he had been backed up by Hatherly Bell?
"Let me help you," he whispered. "Only be my friend and I will forgive everything." She gave him a long look of her deep, velvety eyes, she flashed him a little smile, and was gone. Hatherly Bell turned up at Downend Terrace gay and debonair as if he had not a single trouble in the world. His evening dress was of the smartest and he had a rose in his buttonhole.
"No occasion to intrude upon your grief for a moment, Miss Henson," Walker said, quietly. "As I have told you before, there was very little hope for your sister from the first. It was a melancholy satisfaction to me to find my diagnosis confirmed in every detail by so eminent an authority as Dr. Hatherly Bell. I will give you a certificate with pleasure at once."
"My darling, I cannot see how you could have acted otherwise." Enid turned towards him with a great glad light in her eyes. She said nothing, for the simple reason that there was nothing to say. Hatherly Bell caught her in his strong arms, and she swayed to reach his lips. In that delicious moment the world was all forgot. But not for long.
In the last few days I have not been able to disguise from myself that there was small hope for the patient. The exhaustion, the shock to the system, the congestion, all point to an early collapse." "Is my sister so much worse, Dr. Walker?" Enid asked, quietly. "She could not be any worse and be alive," the doctor said. "Unless I am greatly mistaken the gentleman behind you is Mr. Hatherly Bell.
"I had waited upon you, my lord, before," he said, "even upon the instant of my arrival, had I known where to find you; but I suspected you not under your assumed name." "I welcome you," said the Earl, advancing and taking the stranger's hand, "I welcome you, Master Hatherly, to the new world, which I this day leave, probably forever.
Dogs are far better judges of character than you imagine. Dr. Bell says " "What Dr. Bell?" Henson demanded, swiftly. Chris had paused just in time: perhaps her successful disguise had made her a trifle reckless. "Dr. Hatherly Bell," she said. "He used to be a famous man before he fell into disgrace over something or another.
I dare say you won't be tried; but if you are, you'll find before six months are over, that it's a very nice thing to master of Greshamsbury." "I'm sure I shouldn't find anything of the kind." "Very well, so be it. You wouldn't do as young Hatherly did, at Hatherly Court, in Gloucestershire, when his father kicked the bucket. You know Hatherly, don't you?" "No; I never saw him."
"I have been in a dream for seven long years. Enid brought me back to the music again to-night, and it touched my heart, and now I am awake again. Do you recollect the 'Slumber Song, Hatherly Bell? The last time I sang it you were present. It was a happy night; the very last happy night in the world to me." "I recollect it perfectly well, Lady Littimer," Bell said. "Lady Littimer!
But you had never done it before. And, the only time, a man is nearly murdered in your house." "Perfectly correct," David murmured. "Gaboriau could not have put it better. You might have been a pupil of my remarkable acquaintance Hatherly Bell." "I am a pupil of Mr. Bell's," Marley said, quietly.
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