A blood-vessel had been ruptured, and the three physicians who were called in told the father that he must prepare to lose his child.

That moral courage and calmness, which was her great characteristic, did not forsake Georgiana in her hour of death.

She had ever been kind to the slaves under her charge, and they loved and respected her.

At her request, the servants were all brought into her room, and took a last farewell of their mistress.

Seldom, if ever, was there witnessed a more touching scene than this.