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Rachel did not hurry to see a doctor, but having promised to do so / she knew she must keep her word, so the second day after the Bishop's / visit, knowing that Luke would be away at a clerical meeting in the / country, she wrote a note to the doctor who had been attending her / mother-in-law asking him to come and see her. She did not suppose that / there was anything seriously the matter with her notwithstanding the / fact that she felt so ill; and after all, she thought to herself, she / need not follow out his injunctions if they were inconvenient.
She was quite unprepared for his verdict. He told her that both her / heart and her lungs were affected, and that it was absolutely necessary / that she should give up all parish work and if possible take a thorough / rest. To Mrs. Greville, he gave a still more serious account.