CaptainRawdongotanextensionofleaveonhisaunt’sillness，andremaineddutifullyathome。Hewasalwaysinherantechamber。Shelaysickinthestatebedroom，intowhichyouenteredbythelittlebluesaloon。Hisfatherwasalwaysmeetinghimthere；orifhecamedownthecorridoreversoquietly，hisfather’sdoorwassuretoopen，andthehyenafaceoftheoldgentlemantoglareout。Whatwasitsetonetowatchtheotherso？Agenerousrivalry，nodoubt，astowhichshouldbemostattentivetothedearsuffererinthestatebedroom。Rebeccausedtocomeoutandcomfortbothofthem；oroneortheotherofthemrather。Bothoftheseworthygentlemenweremostanxioustohavenewsoftheinvalidfromherlittleconfidentialmessenger。
Atdinner——towhichmealshedescendedforhalfanhour——shekeptthepeacebetweenthem：afterwhichshedisappearedforthenight；whenRawdonwouldrideovertothedepotofthe150thatMudbury，leavinghispapatothesocietyofMr。Horrocksandhisrumandwater。
ShepassedaswearyafortnightasevermortalspentinMissCrawley’ssick-room；butherlittlenervesseemedtobeofiron，asshewasquiteunshakenbythedutyandthetediumofthesick-chamber。
Shenevertolduntillongafterwardshowpainfulthatdutywas；howpeevishapatientwasthejovialoldlady；
howangry；howsleepless；inwhathorrorsofdeath；