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Show l'U~: J"UEHTY U.EJ,J., " 0 yes," replied llenrictta, " I shall get through very well. 'Why not?" " If you feel in tho least anxious, or faint, or weak, my clear, let me know, and you slw.ll have a cordial which will strengthen your heart." " Talk of cordials," said an aunt, '~to a girl with a check like this! " patting it fondly. r. She is fresh as a rose. She wants no cordials." But llenrietta did not say so. "Better giYe her a little cordial," snid another aunt. " A girl ma.y need it on such a day as this who ne\·or did before, and never may again. Besides, table." saw her shi\·er before we left tho " Henrietta," said her mother, nervously fastening the buttons again, <~are you well? Tell me." '' Yes, mother;- that is, very nearly indeed. Only just a little sick." " V cry natural, I am sure," said everybody. "We will ask Dr. llodgcs about the cordial;" and the mother was going to call him, when IIENR£ETTA1 TUE DltrDE. 7 Henrietta stopped her, laughing. She would not have a word to say to any doctor, as a doctor. She was well now, - quite well ; - the little qualm had passed, - was altogethc~ gone. Dr. Hodges came, however. IIo was told that Henrietta. felt slightly unwell. In spite of himself, he looked grave, till he had felt her pulse, looked at her tongue, and so forth. Then, with a really cheerful face,- for ho loved the girl as if she had been his daughter,-he told her it was only n. little nervousness, natural enough on such a day. She had not lost her appetite, ho Lad observed at dinner; her pulse was steady, her complexion was natural, her breathing easy, and she had no pain: -he would venture to call her perfectly well ; and in this, she laughingly agreed. Once more, her mother turned her towards the light, unfastened her dress, put aside the lace ruff, and watched the physician's countenance. He knew it ; and ho commanded his countenance well. The specks he |
