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1Captain Benwick obeyed, and Charles at the same moment, disengaging himself from his wife, they were both with him; and
2Louisa was raised up and supported more firmly between them, and everything was done that Anne had prompted, but in
3vain; while Captain Wentworth, staggering against the wall for his support, exclaimed in the bitterest agony-- "Oh God!
4her father and mother!" "A surgeon!" said Anne. He caught the word; it seemed to rouse him at once, and saying
5only--"True, true, a surgeon this instant," was darting away, when Anne eagerly suggested-- "Captain Benwick, would not
6it be better for Captain Benwick? He knows where a surgeon is to be found." Every one capable of thinking felt the
7advantage of the idea, and in a moment (it was all done in rapid moments) Captain Benwick had resigned the poor
8corpse-like figure entirely to the brother's care, and was off for the town with the utmost rapidity. As to the wretched
9party left behind, it could scarcely be said which of the three, who were completely rational, was suffering most:
10Captain Wentworth, Anne, or Charles, who, really a very affectionate brother, hung over Louisa with sobs of grief, and
11could only turn his eyes from one sister, to see the other in a state as insensible, or to witness the hysterical
12agitations of his wife, calling on him for help which he could not give. Anne, attending with all the strength and zeal,
13and thought, which instinct supplied, to Henrietta, still tried, at intervals, to suggest comfort to the others, tried
14to quiet Mary, to animate Charles, to assuage the feelings of Captain Wentworth. Both seemed to look to her for
15directions. "Anne, Anne," cried Charles, "What is to be done next? What, in heaven's name, is to be done next?" Captain
16Wentworth's eyes were also turned towards her. "Had not she better be carried to the inn? Yes, I am sure: carry her
17gently to the inn." "Yes, yes, to the inn," repeated Captain Wentworth, comparatively collected, and eager to be doing
18something. "I will carry her myself. Musgrove, take care of the others." By this time the report of the accident had
19spread among the workmen and boatmen about the Cobb, and many were collected near them, to be useful if wanted, at any
20rate, to enjoy the sight of a dead young lady, nay, two dead young ladies, for it proved twice as fine as the first
21report. To some of the best-looking of these good people Henrietta was consigned, for, though partially revived, she was
22quite helpless; and in this manner, Anne walking by her side, and Charles attending to his wife, they set forward,
23treading back with feelings unutterable, the ground, which so lately, so very lately, and so light of heart, they had
24passed along. They were not off the Cobb, before the Harvilles met them. Captain Benwick had been seen flying by their
25house, with a countenance which showed something to be wrong; and they had set off immediately, informed and directed as
26they passed, towards the spot. Shocked as Captain Harville was, he brought senses and nerves that could be instantly
27useful; and a look between him and his wife decided what was to be done. She must be taken to their house; all must go
28to their house; and await the surgeon's arrival there. They would not listen to scruples: he was obeyed; they were all
29beneath his roof; and while Louisa, under Mrs Harville's direction, was conveyed up stairs, and given possession of her
30own bed, assistance, cordials, restoratives were supplied by her husband to all who needed them. Louisa had once opened
31her eyes, but soon closed them again, without apparent consciousness. This had been a proof of life, however, of service
32to her sister; and Henrietta, though perfectly incapable of being in the same room with Louisa, was kept, by the
33agitation of hope and fear, from a return of her own insensibility. Mary, too, was growing calmer. The surgeon was with
34them almost before it had seemed possible. They were sick with horror, while he examined; but he was not hopeless. The
35head had received a severe contusion, but he had seen greater injuries recovered from: he was by no means hopeless; he
36spoke cheerfully. That he did not regard it as a desperate case, that he did not say a few hours must end it, was at
37first felt, beyond the hope of most; and the ecstasy of such a reprieve, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after a few
38fervent ejaculations of gratitude to Heaven had been offered, may be conceived. The tone, the look, with which "Thank
39God!" was uttered by Captain Wentworth, Anne was sure could never be forgotten by her; nor the sight of him afterwards,
40as he sat near a table, leaning over it with folded arms and face concealed, as if overpowered by the various feelings
41of his soul, and trying by prayer and reflection to calm them. Louisa's limbs had escaped. There was no injury but to
42the head. It now became necessary for the party to consider what was best to be done, as to their general situation.
43They were now able to speak to each other and consult. That Louisa must remain where she was, however distressing to her
44friends to be involving the Harvilles in such trouble, did not admit a doubt. Her removal was impossible. The Harvilles
45silenced all scruples; and, as much as they could, all gratitude. They had looked forward and arranged everything before
46the others began to reflect. Captain Benwick must give up his room to them, and get another bed elsewhere; and the whole
47was settled. They were only concerned that the house could accommodate no more; and yet perhaps, by "putting the
48children away in the maid's room, or swinging a cot somewhere," they could hardly bear to think of not finding room for
49two or three besides, supposing they might wish to stay; though, with regard to any attendance on Miss Musgrove, there
50need not be the least uneasiness in leaving her to Mrs Harville's care entirely. Mrs Harville was a very experienced
51nurse, and her nursery-maid, who had lived with her long, and gone about with her everywhere, was just such another.
52Between these two, she could want no possible attendance by day or night. And all this was said with a truth and
53sincerity of feeling irresistible. Charles, Henrietta, and Captain Wentworth were the three in consultation, and for a
54little while it was only an interchange of perplexity and terror. "Uppercross, the necessity of some one's going to
55Uppercross; the news to be conveyed; how it could be broken to Mr and Mrs Musgrove; the lateness of the morning; an hour
56already gone since they ought to have been off; the impossibility of being in tolerable time." At first, they were
57capable of nothing more to the purpose than such exclamations; but, after a while, Captain Wentworth, exerting himself,
58said-- "We must be decided, and without the loss of another minute. Every minute is valuable. Some one must resolve on
59being off for Uppercross instantly. Musgrove, either you or I must go." Charles agreed, but declared his resolution of
60not going away. He would be as little incumbrance as possible to Captain and Mrs Harville; but as to leaving his sister
61in such a state, he neither ought, nor would. So far it was decided; and Henrietta at first declared the same. She,
62however, was soon persuaded to think differently. The usefulness of her staying! She who had not been able to remain in
63Louisa's room, or to look at her, without sufferings which made her worse than helpless! She was forced to acknowledge
64that she could do no good, yet was still unwilling to be away, till, touched by the thought of her father and mother,
65she gave it up; she consented, she was anxious to be at home. The plan had reached this point, when Anne, coming quietly
66down from Louisa's room, could not but hear what followed, for the parlour door was open. "Then it is settled,
67Musgrove," cried Captain Wentworth, "that you stay, and that I take care of your sister home. But as to the rest, as to
68the others, if one stays to assist Mrs Harville, I think it need be only one. Mrs Charles Musgrove will, of course, wish
69to get back to her children; but if Anne will stay, no one so proper, so capable as Anne." She paused a moment to
70recover from the emotion of hearing herself so spoken of. The other two warmly agreed with what he said, and she then
71appeared.
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