Crœsus's Widow, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Crœsus's Widow, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel

It was generally a very happy home - made bright and happy by its sweet young mistress - where, week after week, Nellie lay utterly prostrate. The long strain and anxiety on her mind, and then the terrible shock she had received, had brought on a sort of low fever, and the memory of her misery even at times grew dull and dim.

She was in truth, very, very ill; so ill that even good-natured Tom Bertrim began to look and speak very gravely about her condition.

"I really think, do you know, Dossie," he said, "we should try to find out who she is.

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