"Will his lordship's remarks appear in the newspapers ?" "Not a doubt of it." "In that case I will take care (for my daughter's sake) that no newspapers enter the house to-morrow.

As for visitors, we needn't be afraid of them.

Catherine is not likely to be able to leave her room; the worry of this miserable business has quite broken her down." The doctor returned at that moment.
Without taking the old lady's gloomy view of his patient, he admitted that she was in a low nervous condition, and he had reason to suppose, judging by her reply to a question which he had ventured to put, that she had associations with Scotland which made a visit to that country far from agreeable to her.

His advice was that she should leave Edinburgh as soon as possible, and go South.

If the change of climate led to no improvement, she would at least be in a position to consult the best physicians in London.