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Drawing his wife's arm gently within his own, John led her away from the / spot where the surgeon was examining the condition of the injured man.
"I shall be within call if I am required," he said; and Honor, / understanding his meaning, trembled from head to foot. She longed yet / dreaded to ask her husband what had passed between him and her father. / Her father! The bond was such a sacred one that she could not but cling / in thought, not only with love but reverence, to the being who bore that / relation towards her. Instinctively, too, but grievously, did she blame / herself for ingratitude towards John; for Honor turned with something / like repulsion from the good and trusted friend on whose arm she leant, / and who was saying, as they came uppermost, unstudied words of comfort, / while his own heart was full to overflowing of anxiety and sorrow.