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And then they repeated their directions to e my father left us, and walked out with the doctor;

and I saw theether up and down between the road and the

rassy platform in front of the castle, evidently absorbed

in earnest conversation

The doctor did not return I saw him mount his horse there, take his

leave, and ride away eastward through the forest

Nearly at the same time I saw the man arrive from Dranfield with the

letters, and dis to my father

In the meantime, Madame and I were both busy, lost in conjecture as to

the reasons of the singular and earnest direction which the doctor and

Madame, as she afterwards told me,

was afraid the doctor apprehended a sudden seizure, and that, without

proht either lose my life in a fit, or at least be

seriously hurt

The interpretation did not strike me; and I fancied, perhaps luckily for

ement was prescribed si tooany of the fifty foolish things to which young

people are supposed to be prone