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The Husband.
Mrs.Linley's first impulse in ordering the carriage was to use it herself.

One look at the child reminded her that her freedom of action began and ended at the bedside.

More than an hour must elapse before Sydney Westerfield could be brought back to Mount Morven; the bare thought of what might happen in that interval, if she was absent, filled the mother with horror.

She wrote to Mrs.MacEdwin, and sent her maid with the letter.
Of the result of this proceeding it was not possible to entertain a doubt.
Sydney's love for Kitty would hesitate at no sacrifice; and Mrs.
MacEdwin's conduct had already answered for her.