The Closing Years of Dean Swifts Life With An Appendix Containing Several O
The Closing Years of Dean Swifts Life With An Appendix Containing Several O
W R William Robert Wilde
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After tasting it, she became very faint, but having recovered a little by degrees, when her breath (for she was asthmatic) was allowed her, she desired to lie down. She was carried up stairs and laid on a bed ; the Dean, sitting by her, held her hand, and addressed her in the most affectionate manner. She drooped, however, very much. Mrs. Whiteway was the only third person present. After a short time, her politeness induced her to withdraw to the ad- joining room, but it was necessary, on accou...nt of air, that the 104 MRS. WHITEWAY'S STORY. door should not be closed : it was half shut, the rooms were close adjoining. Mrs. Whiteway had too much honour to listen, but could not avoid observing, that the Dean and Mrs. Johnson conversed together in a low tone ; the latter, indeed, was too weak to raise her voice. Mrs. Whiteway paid no at- tention, having no idle curiosity ; but at length she heard the Dean say, in an audible voice : ' Well, my dear, if you wish it, it shall be owned] to which Stella answered, with a sigh, * It is too late' Such are, upon the best and most respectable autho- rities, the minute particulars of this remarkable anecdote.
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