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TWO VISITS.
It was Nancy who was sent to tell Mr.John Pendleton of Dr.Mead's verdict.

Miss Polly had remembered her promise to let him have direct information from the house.

To go herself, or to write a letter, she felt to be almost equally out of the question.

It occurred to her then to send Nancy.
There had been a time when Nancy would have rejoiced greatly at this extraordinary opportunity to see something of the House of Mystery and its master.