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And the summer wore away and the dripping autumn came, and with each
week, each day almost, Josiah seemed to shrivel.
It was not very noticeable at first, after the ten days of sharp illness
which had prostrated him when he received the fatal letter.
He appeared to recover almost from that, and they went down to
Bessington Hall at the beginning of July. But there was no further talk
of a second honeymoon.
Theodora's tenderness and devotion never flagged. If her heart was
broken she could at least keep her word, and try to make her husband
happy. And so each one acted a part, with much zeal for the ot
