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"Well, mother, and how does she seem now? I wish I could hear that she'd / gone to sleep, poor child! If she doesn't get better soon, I shall call / in Dr. Kempshall."
"Send for Dr. Fiddlestick! " said Mrs. Beacham in a pet. "Now, John, / don't you be foolish. There's nothing the matter with Honor except airs / and foolishness. You just let her alone -- there's nothing like _that_ for / bringing girls to their senses. Make a fuss with 'em, and they'll worry / your life out with their nonsense."