Memorials of Thomas George Tebay, M.D / [Charlotte Tebay].

  • Tebay, Charlotte.
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memorials of Thomas George Tebay, M.D / [Charlotte Tebay]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But it was not long before the fatal symptoms again showed themselves. She went about much as usual, but her voice again almost left her, and mischief was found in the throat. In 1883 she went to Malta, and spent the winter there in a round of gaiety, as usual. The fete given by the officers of the Inflexible was the last she attended, and it was a fatal one. A storm came on, and she with many others was drenched through. She left Malta a few days after, but was laid up soon after her return home. In the autumn she was most earnest to go to Boulogne, and we took her there with the good, faithful, affectionate Pearce as her attendant. The first thing she did on her arrival was to go to the Cathedral, to pray before our Lady’s altar and the Blessed Sacrament. I shall never forget the sight of that sad, wearied form, as she tottered down the steep street leaning on Pearce’s arm. On our return home, she thought one other chance for her was a visit long promised to her kind friend Mrs. La Primandaye. Pearce went with her, but she only remained a few days. Then for the first time the certainty that she could not recover seemed to break upon her. As soon as they were alone in the railway-carriage, she threw herself into Pearce’s arms, and bursting into tears, said : “ O, Pearce, I shall never see the green fields again ! ” I have not written here the history of her life. There was much which was very sad in it—storms beat upon her and clouds overshadowed her. But all may have been to refine the pure gold. Had