The querulous tyrannies of the invalid relieved her; but the heavy lifting of her chest returned the moment she was alone.

She mentioned it to the doctor, who prescribed for liver, informing her that the said organ conducted one of the most important functions of her bodily system.
Emilia listened to the lecturer, and promised to take his medicine, trusting to be perfectly quieted by the nauseous draught; but when Mr.
Powys came, she rushed up to him, and fell with a cry upon his breast, murmuring broken words that Georgiana might fairly interpret as her suspicions directed.

Nor had she ever seen Merthyr look as he did when their eyes next met..