The Second Honeymoon by Ruby Mildred Ayres
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page 84 of 288 (29%)
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"Oh, my God!" he said at last. He was terribly shocked; he could not
believe it. He looked again to where Christine knelt by the bed. "Does she--Christine--who is to tell her?" he asked incoherently. The doctor shook his head. "I should suggest that you----" he began. Jimmy recoiled. "I! Oh, I couldn't. . . . I----" He broke off helplessly. He was thinking of the old days down at Upton House; the great kindness that had always been shown to him by Christine's mother. There was a choking feeling in his throat. "I think you are the one to tell her," said the doctor again, rather stiffly. Christine had heard their voices. She looked towards the door; she rose softly and came out to where the two men stood. Her eyes were anxious, but she was a hundred miles from guessing the truth. She spoke to Jimmy Challoner. "She's asleep, Jimmy. The nurse tells me that she only fainted. Oh, I ought not to have left her when I knew she wasn't well. I shall never forgive myself; but she'll be all right now if she has a nice sleep, poor darling." Jimmy could not meet her eyes; he bit his lip hard to hide its sudden trembling. |
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