The steward was strictly forbidden to supply them to any
person except Mr. Chantrey himself. This enforced abstinence, the
complete change of scene, and the fresh sea-breezes during the
protracted voyage, he reckoned upon as the best means of restoring his
wife to health of body and mind. Ann Holland, too, would watch over her
as vigilantly and patiently as himself; and Charlie would be always at
hand to amuse her with his boyish chatter. A bright hope was already
dawning upon him.
CHAPTER XV.
IN DESPAIR
It was early in June when they set sail; and as the vessel floated down
the Channel somewhat slowly against the western wind Ann Holland spent
most of her time on deck, watching, often with dim eyes, the coasts of
England, as they glided past her. She could still hardly realize the
change that had torn her so completely away from her old life. It made
her brain swim to think of Upton, and the old neighbors going about the
streets on their daily business, and the church-clock striking out the
hours; and the sun rising and setting, and the days passing by, and she
not there.
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