CHAPTER XXX.
The complimentary allusion to Ovid, which Benjulia had not been able to understand, was contained in a letter from Mr.Morphew, and was expressed in these words:--"Let me sincerely thank you for making us acquainted with Mr.Ovid Vere.

Now that he has left us, we really feel as if we had said good-bye to an old friend.

I don't know when I have met with such a perfectly unselfish man--and I say this, speaking from experience of him.

In my unavoidable absence, he volunteered to attend a serious case of illness, accompanied by shocking circumstances--and this at a time when, as you know, his own broken health forbids him to undertake any professional duty.

While he could preserve the patient's life--and he did wonders, in this way--he was every day at the bedside, taxing his strength in the service of a perfect stranger.