[The House by the Church-Yard by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]@TWC D-Link bookThe House by the Church-Yard CHAPTER LIV 1/12
IN WHICH MISS MAGNOLIA MACNAMARA AND DR.
TOOLE, IN DIFFERENT SCENES, PROVE THEMSELVES GOOD SAMARITANS; AND THE GREAT DOCTOR PELL MOUNTS THE STAIRS OF THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD. So pulse or no pulse, dead or alive, they got Sturk into his bed. Poor, cowed, quiet little Mrs.Sturk, went quite wild at the bedside. 'Oh! my Barney--my Barney--my noble Barney,' she kept crying.
'He's gone--he'll never speak again.
Do you think he hears? Oh, Barney, my darling--Barney, it's your own poor little Letty--oh--Barney, darling, don't you hear.
It's your own poor, foolish Letty.' But it was the same stern face, and ears of stone.
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