Chapter XLV

           

           Atabouttheweek’sendfromhisreturntoMansfield,Tom’simmediatedangerwasover,andhewassofarpronouncedsafeastomakehismotherperfectlyeasy;forbeingnowusedtothesightofhiminhissuffering,helplessstate,andhearingonlythebest,andneverthinkingbeyondwhatsheheard,withnodispositionforalarmandnoaptitudeatahint,LadyBertramwasthehappiestsubjectintheworldforalittlemedicalimposition.Thefeverwassubdued;thefeverhadbeenhiscomplaint;ofcoursehewouldsoonbewellagain.LadyBertramcouldthinknothingless,andFannysharedheraunt’ssecurity,tillshereceivedafewlinesfromEdmund,writtenpurposelytogiveheraclearerideaofhisbrother’ssituation,andacquaintherwiththeapprehensionswhichheandhisfatherhadimbibedfromthephysicianwithrespecttosomestronghecticsymptoms,whichseemedtoseizetheframeonthedepartureofthefever.TheyjudgeditbestthatLadyBertramshouldnotbeharassedbyalarmswhich,itwastobehoped,wouldproveunfounded;buttherewasnoreasonwhyFannyshouldnotknowthetruth.Theywereapprehensiveforhislungs.

           AveryfewlinesfromEdmundshewedherthepatientandthesickroominajusterandstrongerlightthanallLadyBertram’ssheetsofpapercoulddo.Therewashardlyanyoneinthehousewhomightnothavedescribed,frompersonalobservation,betterthanherself;notonewhowasnotmoreusefulattimestoherson.Shecoulddonothingbutglideinquietlyandlookathim;butwhenabletotalkorbetalkedto,orreadto,Edmundwasthecompanionhepreferred.

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