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Doctor Thorne

CHAPTER III
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The poor squire saw there was no help for it, and though he still maintained his friendly connexion with his neighbour, the seven-and-sixpenny visits were at an end.

Dr Fillgrave from Barchester, and the gentleman at Silverbridge, divided the responsibility between them, and the nursery principles of Courcy Castle were again in vogue at Greshamsbury.
So things went on for years, and those years were years of sorrow.
We must not ascribe to our doctor's enemies the sufferings, and sickness, and deaths that occurred.

The four frail little ones that died would probably have been taken had Lady Arabella been more tolerant of Dr Thorne.

But the fact was, that they did die; and that the mother's heart then got the better of the woman's pride, and Lady Arabella humbled herself before Dr Thorne.

She humbled herself, or would have done so, had the doctor permitted her.


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