Here surely was a case for a clergyman, if ever there was one yet! Lady Verinder had thought it a case for a physician.

All my poor aunt's early life had been passed in her father's godless household.

The natural result again! Oh, dear, dear, the natural result again! "The doctors recommend plenty of exercise and amusement for Rachel, and strongly urge me to keep her mind as much as possible from dwelling on the past," said Lady Verinder.
"Oh, what heathen advice!" I thought to myself.

"In this Christian country, what heathen advice!" My aunt went on, "I do my best to carry out my instructions.

But this strange adventure of Godfrey's happens at a most unfortunate time.
Rachel has been incessantly restless and excited since she first heard of it.