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’
"
Up
to
the
20th
,
then
,
things
went
well
enough
.
I
was
quite
unprepared
for
the
disastrous
change
that
showed
itself
,
when
I
paid
Lord
Montbarry
my
morning
visit
on
the
21st
.
He
had
relapsed
,
and
seriously
relapsed
.
Examining
him
to
discover
the
cause
,
I
found
symptoms
of
pneumonia
—
that
is
to
say
,
in
unmedical
language
,
inflammation
of
the
substance
of
the
lungs
.
He
breathed
with
difficulty
,
and
was
only
partially
able
to
relieve
himself
by
coughing
.
I
made
the
strictest
inquiries
,
and
was
assured
that
his
medicine
had
been
administered
as
carefully
as
usual
,
and
that
he
had
not
been
exposed
to
any
changes
of
temperature
.
It
was
with
great
reluctance
that
I
added
to
Lady
Montbarry
’
s
distress
;
but
I
felt
bound
,
when
she
suggested
a
consultation
with
another
physician
,
to
own
that
I
too
thought
there
was
really
need
for
it
.
’
"
Her
ladyship
instructed
me
to
spare
no
expense
,
and
to
get
the
best
medical
opinion
in
Italy
.
The
best
opinion
was
happily
within
our
reach
.
The
first
and
foremost
of
Italian
physicians
is
Torello
of
Padua
.
I
sent
a
special
messenger
for
the
great
man
.
He
arrived
on
the
evening
of
the
21st
,
and
confirmed
my
opinion
that
pneumonia
had
set
in
,
and
that
our
patient
’
s
life
was
in
danger
.
I
told
him
what
my
treatment
of
the
case
had
been
,
and
he
approved
of
it
in
every
particular
.
He
made
some
valuable
suggestions
,
and
(
at
Lady
Montbarry
’
s
express
request
)
he
consented
to
defer
his
return
to
Padua
until
the
following
morning
.
’
"
We
both
saw
the
patient
at
intervals
in
the
course
of
the
night
.
The
disease
,
steadily
advancing
,
set
our
utmost
resistance
at
defiance
.
In
the
morning
Doctor
Torello
took
his
leave
.
’
I
can
be
of
no
further
use
,
’
he
said
to
me
.
’
The
man
is
past
all
help
—
and
he
ought
to
know
it
.
’
’
"
Later
in
the
day
I
warned
my
lord
,
as
gently
as
I
could
,
that
his
time
had
come
.
I
am
informed
that
there
are
serious
reasons
for
my
stating
what
passed
between
us
on
this
occasion
,
in
detail
,
and
without
any
reserve
.
I
comply
with
the
request
.
’
"
Lord
Montbarry
received
the
intelligence
of
his
approaching
death
with
becoming
composure
,
but
with
a
certain
doubt
.
He
signed
to
me
to
put
my
ear
to
his
mouth
.
He
whispered
faintly
,
’
Are
you
sure
?
’
It
was
no
time
to
deceive
him
;
I
said
,
’
Positively
sure
.
’
He
waited
a
little
,
gasping
for
breath
,
and
then
he
whispered
again
,
’
Feel
under
my
pillow
.
’
I
found
under
his
pillow
a
letter
,
sealed
and
stamped
,
ready
for
the
post
.
His
next
words
were
just
audible
and
no
more
—
’
Post
it
yourself
.
’
I
answered
,
of
course
,
that
I
would
do
so
—
and
I
did
post
the
letter
with
my
own
hand
.
I
looked
at
the
address
.
It
was
directed
to
a
lady
in
London
.
The
street
I
cannot
remember
.
The
name
I
can
perfectly
recall
:
it
was
an
Italian
name
—
’
Mrs
.
Ferrari
.
’
’
"
That
night
my
lord
nearly
died
of
asphyxia
.
I
got
him
through
it
for
the
time
;
and
his
eyes
showed
that
he
understood
me
when
I
told
him
,
the
next
morning
,
that
I
had
posted
the
letter
.
This
was
his
last
effort
of
consciousness
.
When
I
saw
him
again
he
was
sunk
in
apathy
.
He
lingered
in
a
state
of
insensibility
,
supported
by
stimulants
,
until
the
25th
,
and
died
(
unconscious
to
the
last
)
on
the
evening
of
that
day
.
’
"
As
to
the
cause
of
his
death
,
it
seems
(
if
I
may
be
excused
for
saying
so
)
simply
absurd
to
ask
the
question
.
Bronchitis
,
terminating
in
pneumonia
—
there
is
no
more
doubt
that
this
,
and
this
only
,
was
the
malady
of
which
he
expired
,
than
that
two
and
two
make
four
.
Doctor
Torello
’
s
own
note
of
the
case
is
added
here
to
a
duplicate
of
my
certificate
,
in
order
(
as
I
am
informed
)
to
satisfy
some
English
offices
in
which
his
lordship
’
s
life
was
insured
.
The
English
offices
must
have
been
founded
by
that
celebrated
saint
and
doubter
,
mentioned
in
the
New
Testament
,
whose
name
was
Thomas
!
"
