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And now began a very strenuous life for Rachel.
Mrs. Greville had been as good as a curate to Luke; and she was now / laid aside unable to do any work at all. She lay thinking and worrying / over the fact that she was no longer any good to her son. The worry / did not help her to recover from her illness. In fact the doctor / told Rachel that so long as her husband's mother allowed herself to / be consumed with anxiety she could not hope to get strong. Was there / no-one, he asked, who could help in the matter? Surely there were some / ladies in the parish who could divide the work between them?