Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 85: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

~The duchess’ rosy cheeks took on a dee er hu at e these words, and she experienced-a growing peepee for this grave, dignified young doctor, who was so rege orecerant, yet he had been able to keep his om inaking curious ingni - tend to the business in hand. ee a She saw that he suspected that the fainting had been caused by some unpleasant incident, but with- out meddling with what did not concern him he had accepted the situation as he had found it, and ex- ¢ all bis skill to undo the mischief that had been one. There had been a fright or shock of some kind, although it was as yet a mystery to every one save the fair girl herself; for one of the servants had been startled by a piercing shriek from Helena Stewart, who was walking in the park, and when he hastened to her, she was stretched lifeless upon the grout. and that was all that was known ¢ ft the