[Elster’s Folly by Mrs. Henry Wood]@TWC D-Link bookElster’s Folly CHAPTER XVI 6/31
It is not heat I need; only shelter from our cold northern winds until I can get a little strength into me. There's nothing the matter with my lungs; indeed, I don't know that anything is the matter with me except this terrible weakness." "I suppose Anne goes with you ?" "Oh yes.
I could not go without Anne.
The doctor will see us settled there, and then he returns." A thought crossed Lord Hartledon: how pleasant if he and Anne could have been married, and have made this their wedding tour.
He did not speak it: Mrs.Ashton would have laughed at his haste. "How long shall you remain away ?" he asked. "Ah, I cannot tell you.
I may not live to return.
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