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LANCELOT'S letter was written from a sick bed. He had had a bad attack of fever, and had been unable to write. He was in great concern over Hope, and told her that circumstances were guiding him to return home at once.
"My bailiff in the North has died very suddenly," he wrote, "and I am wanted to look into things. And now you are free, I am impatient to get to you. I cannot bear to think of you as housekeeping companion to that penurious old Squire. I was very doubtful, as I told you, whether I ought to have returned to India, and the doctors say I've been here long enough. I should not think of my health if I were really needed out here, but everything points to my returning. As soon as I can travel, I shall get back to my mother, and see what she thinks. Meanwhile, will you promise to take the greatest care of yourself for my sake? I know you will not do it for yours."