"Did she know that she was dying ?" "No.

I considered it best that she should not be informed of her danger.
She passed away without any apprehension." "Then one can think of it with equanimity.

She dreaded death, poor child.

The wonder is that there was not enough folly in the household to prevail against your good sense." The physician bowed and took his leave, esteeming himself somewhat fortunate in escaping without being reproached for his humanity in having allowed Henrietta to die unawares.
A moment later the general practitioner entered.

Trefusis, having accompanied the consulting physician to the door, detected the family doctor in the act of pulling a long face just outside it.