The fluid had been thrown too low to effect the worst injury; the accident of a trembling hand, of a movement on her part, had kept her eyes untouched.
Necessity brought the father back to London almost at once, but the news sent him at brief intervals continued to be favourable.

Now that the girl could be removed from the infirmary, there was no retreat for her but her father's home.

Mr.Peel, the manager, had made her a present of 20_l_ .-- it was all he could do; the members of the company had subscribed another 5_l_., generously enough, seeing that their tour was come perforce to an abrupt close.

Clara's career as an actress had ended.

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