human
I understand they are all at the Priory,
gpt
Yes; Miss Du Prel telegraphed to Mrs. Temperley, and Mrs. Temperley and I put our heads together and arranged matters as well as we could in the emergency, so that the Professor's wish might be gratified. He desired to return to the Priory, where his boyhood was spent.
human
And is there really no hope?
gpt
None at all, the doctor says.
human
Dear me, dear me! cried Joseph.
gpt
And is he not expected to live through the summer?
human
The summer! ah no, Mr. Fleming, he is not expected to live many days.
gpt
Dear me, dear me! was all that Joseph could say. Then after a pause, he added,
human
I fear Mrs. Temperley will feel it very much. They were such old friends.
gpt
Oh! poor woman, she is heart-broken.