It's doubtful, indeed, whether her stomach ever recovers its tone after such a shock.

I knew one woman who died just of the shock alone some two months after precisely such an accident as this, when everybody thought she had got well, and Phebe must be _very_ careful.

Her appetite is not to be tempted, but guided." "Well, ladies, I must be going," announced Mrs.Hardcastle, rising.

"You really think I am safe, then, in engaging her, Mrs.Upjohn ?" But just then Mrs.Dexter came in with two of her daughters, and Mrs.Hardcastle sat down again.
"There was no one downstairs, and as the doctor says Phebe is so much better, we thought we might just come up," said the new comer.

"Why, Phebe, you are as blooming as a rose, and I understood you had lost all your pretty hair.