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From point to point, each with a vivid date of improvement, the convalescence of Patience Quarn had advanced till it touched recovery.
Sheltered from all the storms of confusion that had disorganised the household, she lay at peace, resting body and mind in a tranquil atmosphere, and passively submissive to the new conditions that faced her.