After Dark
by Wilkie Collins
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LEAVES FROM LEAH’S DIARY.
26th February, 1827.—The doctor has just called for the third time to examine my husband’s eyes. Thank God, there is no fear at present of my poor William losing his sight, provided he can be prevailed on to attend rigidly to the medical instructions for preserving it. These instructions, which forbid him to exercise his profession for the next six months at least, are, in our case, very hard to follow. They will but too probably sentence us to poverty, perhaps to actual want; but they must be borne resignedly, and even thankfully, seeing that my husband’s forced cessation from work will save him from the dreadful affliction of loss of sight. I think I can answer for my own cheerfulness and endurance, now that we know the worst. Can I answer for our children also? Surely I can, when there are only two of them. It is a sad confession to make, but now, for the first time since my marriage, I feel thankful that we have no more.
17th.—A dread came over me last night, after I had comforted William as well as I could about the future, and had heard him fall off to sleep, that the doctor had not told us the worst. Medical men do sometimes deceive their patients, from what has always seemed to me to be misdirected kindness of heart. The mere suspicion that I had been trifled with on the subject of my husband’s illness, caused me such uneasiness, that I made an excuse to get out, and went in secret to the doctor. Fortunately, I found him at home, and in three words I confessed to him the object of my visit.
He smiled, and said I might make myself easy; he had told us the worst.
“And that worst,” I said, to make certain, “is, that for the next six months my husband must allow his eyes to have the most perfect repose?”
“Exactly,” the doctor answered. “Mind, I don’t say t
Synopsis
First published in this form 1856, these stories are linked by the story of Leah, itself a substantial story and each has a prologue. Collins's preface is also included. Contains the following separate stories: "Leaves from Leah's Diary"; "The Traveler's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed"; "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter"; "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose"; "The Angler's Story of The Lady of Glenwith Grange"; "The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage"; "The Professor's Story of The Yellow Mask."
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- After Dark
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- Wilkie Collins
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