Volume 1

Dr. Edith Romney / a novel [by Anne Elliot].

  • Anne Elliot
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dr. Edith Romney / a novel [by Anne Elliot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    papa,” said she to her never-failing sympathiser ; “ and I really like doing them.” Her father expressed a sincere pleasure at hearing this. “Is it because it will help me to learn the other things 1 ” “ What other things ? ” asked he, with repre- hensible forgetfulness. “ Your things—doctoring things.” “ Ah, no doubt,” replied her father, surprised at the long life of that last wish. Had he only known it, the wish grew stronger every day. After that November afternoon Edith regarded her father with different eyes. Always fondly loving him, and depending upon his sympathy for everything, she worshipped him now as a hero. Did he not carry with him, wherever he went, health and healing, help and comfort, to the poor and unhappy, the sick and the dying ? She could not forget the rclicN ed appeal of that poor labourer, the air of anxiety and confusion about the lighted, shadow-crossed cottage windows, the utter dependence of those poor people upon her father. Her thoughts followed him through his day s work. Hie would watch his going—very often jump afrer him into the carriage to snatch a last kiss before he shut the door—and would picture to herself
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