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Updated: June 29, 2025
"You must see a good deal of the coarser-grained human material here in Crossbourne," remarked Dr Prosser to the vicar, as they strolled together in the garden in the evening after their meeting. "When I last had the pleasure of visiting you, before you came to this living, your parishioners were of a more civilised stamp."
The heat-mist was dancing over the meadow beyond the brook, and from the farmyard came the liquid charawks of care-free fowls. It seemed wicked to leave these haunts of peace for London on such a day. An acute melancholy seized him. Absently, he sat down at the piano. The prejudices of literary Mr Prosser had slipped from his mind.
I am going to wander about and do some shooting and exploring and that sort of thing, and I am taking him with me as companion. I speak Spanish fairly well myself, and shall teach him on the voyage, if you will allow me to do so. A knowledge of that language will be an advantage to him when he comes back into Prosser & Co.'s service." "A great advantage," the captain agreed.
And the presiding and inspiring genius of all this beautiful confusion was Agnes Prosser. And did she make her husband happy? Well, it was taken for granted by friends and acquaintance that she did or, at any rate, that it must be his fault if she did not; and so the poor doctor thought himself.
Prosser, had written to my nephew, for we knew that both the poor brothers were dead; but he assured me that I might safely stay on at the old place, for it would be eight months before his letter could be answered, and the heir could not come for a long time after.
Being on low ground the house was flooded by the first rush of water and the family, consisting of Mr. Gilmore, his brother Abraham, his wife, four children and mother-in-law, ran to the second story, where they were joined by Frances, the little daughter of Samuel Fields, and Grandmother Maria Prosser.
It struck him that he had not thanked his host for his hospitality. 'It was awfully good of you to give me supper, Mr Prosser, he said. 'I've enjoyed it tremendously. 'Come again, said Mr Prosser. 'I'm afraid you're disappointed about the play? Owen forced a smile. 'Oh, no, that's all right, he said. 'It can't be helped. Mr Prosser half turned, then thrust his head through the window again.
And if he came upon it afterwards in the hall, he would probably think it was something that belonged to Mrs Prosser, or to one of the servants.
A few minutes more, and Dr and Mrs Prosser were on their way back to the great city. When Edward Taylor's accident and its cause were known in Crossbourne, the consternation caused among the enemies of religion and of the temperance cause was indescribable.
He lay awake, seemingly in paroxysms of terror, and the doctors who were called in, set down the symptoms to incipient water on the brain. Mrs. Prosser used to sit up with the nurse by the nursery fire, much troubled in mind about the condition of her child. His bed was placed sideways along the wall, with its head against the door of a press or cupboard, which, however, did not shut quite close.
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