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alarmed my lord. In a few days he was also 

 seized, and so severe was his attack that a 

 coffin was placed under his bed and remained 

 there for days. However, his lordship began to 

 mend, and told his attendants that he should not 

 want the coffin ! I had this from my lord's own 

 lips. Happily both recovered, but they carried 

 the marks for life. Having passed through such 

 a trial. Lord Southampton always felt great 

 sympathy for sick people. 



The cholera visited the above-named places 

 in the month of August, 1854, and raged to a 

 fearful extent. One Tuesday I met Lord South- 

 ampton, in Towcester; he said, " I have just 

 left Silverstone, the people are dying very 

 fast, the doctor will be dead before night " — and 

 it was so. On the Thursday following his 

 lordship came down to Towcester and went into 

 the very worst part of the town, where gipsies, 

 tramps, and the very poorest lived. He went 

 into their filthy dwellings, and carried their straw 

 beds, chairs, and tables outside, placing them in 

 a great heap, and set fire to them ! There was 

 the greatest excitement in the place, and it was 

 feared the town would be burned down. The 

 articles destroyed were replaced by his lordship, 

 all necessaries were provided, and happily the 



