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Valentine cried, impetuously. "I am to meet Burkham in Burlington Row directly I have got your advice." "What for?" "To see Dr. Jedd, and take him down to Hastings, if possible." "That won't do." "Why not?" "Because Jedd's appearance would give Phil the office. Jedd gave evidence on the Fryar trial, and must be a marked man to him. All Jedd can tell you is that Charlotte is being poisoned.
What if Charlotte recovered, and he escaped the taint of uttered suspicion for Dr. Jedd's private opinion he cared very little what then? Then the grim antagonist lifted his visor, and showed him the countenance of Commercial Disgrace. Unless within the next few weeks he could command from eight to ten thousand pounds, his disgrace as a member of the Stock Exchange was inevitable.
Jedd's boldly-expressed opinion that the patient was the victim of foul play; the systematic exclusion of Philip Sheldon from the sick-room, followed immediately by symptoms of amelioration, leading to gradual recovery.
Yes, there was a figure on the stairs. The lover was waiting the physician's verdict. A door on the landing above opened, and the step of the Doctor sounded on the upper flight. Mr. Sheldon waited for Dr. Jedd's appearance. "I shall be glad to hear your opinion," he said quietly; and the Doctor followed him into the study. Valentine followed the Doctor, to Mr. Sheldon's evident surprise. "Mr.
I am not satisfied as to the medical treatment your stepdaughter has received in this house, Mr. Sheldon, and I want to be satisfied. Miss Halliday is something more than your, stepdaughter, remember: she is my promised wife. Dr. Jedd's opinion will be more assuring to me than the opinion of Dr. Doddleson." At the sound of Dr. Jedd's name Mr. Sheldon started slightly.
Jedd two or three times a day and every one in villas adjoining and villas opposite, and even in villas round the corner, knew that the stockbroker's stepdaughter lay sick unto death; for the white horses of Dr. Jedd's landau were as the pale horse of the Pale Rider himself, and where they came was danger or death.
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