—Richard Millar, Clinical Lectures on the Contagious Typhus, Epidemic in Glasgow, and the Vicinity, 1833 After sending a message to Westcott for fresh clothes and other items, Radford returned to Lady Clara’s room. Davis sat by the bed, knitting. The bed was a modern one in the Grecian style, with bare-breasted females supporting the bedposts. Apt enough. Lady Clara ought to have a pair of caryatids at the foot of the bed, guarding the goddess’s temple. Other Grecian-style articles looked on from the mantelpiece. An elaborate urn clock dominated the center. Cupid stood on its pedestal, pointing to the time on the revolving band encircling the urn. More usual Grecian urns stood on either side of the clock and a row of familiar figures from classical myth posed next to the urns. Having had the maids draw back the blue curtains to let air circulate, he saw the disordered bedclothes as soon as he entered. In one of her more feverish states, the patient must have flung them away . . .
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