It was a fortunate coincidence that three physicians had been invited. Many of the ladies—and gentlemen–young and old alike, suffered from hysterical shock. Others had been physically injured. One lady, in her alarm, pulled the chair out from under her husband, and he landed hard upon his coccyx....
Tried to sleep, rather—the visit with Jane had been very disturbing, and Michelle was still back in Dartmoor. The next day, we all returned to Grimswell Hall late in the afternoon. Dartmoor was a welcome sight, the air clean and bracing after the stench of London. The ride to the hall was spectac...