Three o'clock had struck before the last painful gasp had been drawn,

and Mrs. Kelland's sobbing cry broke forth. Dr. Macvicar told Rachel

that the child was at rest. She shivered from head to foot, her teeth

chattered, and she murmured, "Accountable for all."

Dr. Macvicar at once made her swallow some of the cordial brought for

the poor child, and then summoning the maid whom Grace had stationed in

the outer room, he desired her to put her young mistress to bed without

loss of time. The sole remaining desire of which she was conscious was

to be alone and in the dark, and she passively submitted.




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