Finch, whom Mr. Wilderspin had called in. This gentleman took a
serious view of your case. When I asked him what could be done he
said that nothing would benefit you so much as removal from London,
and recommended a sea voyage. It occurred to me at once to ask Lord
Sleaford if we might take you in his yacht, and he with his usual
good-nature agreed, and agreed also that Mr. Finch should accompany
us as your medical attendant.'
'You know all?' I said; 'you know that she is dead.'
'Alas! yes.'
At that moment the doctor came into the cabin, and my mother retired.
'When did you last see Wilderspin?' I asked Mr. Finch.
'Before leaving England to join a friend in Paris he went to Belgrave
Square to get tidings of you, and I was there.'
'He told you--what had occurred to make me ill?'
'He told me that it was the death of some one in whom you took an
interest, a model of his, but told it in such a wild and excited way
that I lost patience with him. His addled brains are crammed with the
wildest and most ignorant superstitions.'
'Did you ask him about her burial?'
'I did.
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