II 6 MEMOIRS Of- 



as of Raafay, that " within were the 

 " focial comforts, the voice of gaiety, the 

 " dance, and the fong." Yet did me fup- 

 port, with uncomplaining patience, in the 

 flower of her youth, this deep folitudc ; 

 this monotony of natural objects, in which 

 little variety could be found, beyond the 

 change of fmiling and frowning feas, the 

 hufhed and the bellowing waters. 



In the autumn of this year Mrs. Pole of 

 Radburn was taken ill ; her difbrder a vio- 

 lent fever. Dr, Darwin was called in, and 

 perhaps never, fmce the death of Mrs. Dar- 

 win, prefcribed with fuch deep anxiety. 

 Not being requefted to continue in the 

 houfe through the enfuing night, which 

 he apprehended might prove critical, he 

 paffed the remaining hours till day-dawn 

 beneath a tree oppofite her apartment, 

 watching the paffing and repaffing lights 

 in the chamber. During the period in 

 which a life he fo paffionately valued was 



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