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A Letter from the Convent
2 August, "Dear Madam. I write by desire of Mr. Jonathan Harker, who is himself not strong enough to write, though progressing well, thanks to God and St Joseph and St Mary. He has been under our care for nearly six weeks, suffering from a violent brain fever.
He wishes me to convey his love, and to say that by this post I write for him to Mr. Peter Hawkins, Exeter, to say, with his dutiful respects, that he is sorry for his delay, and that all of his work is completed. He will require some few weeks' rest in our sanatorium in the hills, but will then return. He wishes me to say that he has not sufficient money with him, and that he would like to pay for his staying here, so that others who need shall not be wanting for help.
P.S.--My patient being asleep, I open this to let you know something more. He has had some fearful shock, so says our doctor, and in his delirium his ravings have been dreadful, of wolves and poison and blood, of ghosts and demons... Be careful of him always that there may be nothing to excite him of this kind for a long time to come."
By desire of: At the request of; because someone asked me to.
Violent brain fever: An archaic term for a severe mental or nervous breakdown.
Convey: To communicate or deliver a message or feeling.
Dutiful respects: A formal, polite expression of honor shown to a superior.
Sanatorium: An establishment for medical treatment and recovery.
Wanting for: Lacking; to be without something necessary.
Delirium: A disturbed state of mind with restlessness and illusions.
Ravings: Wild, irrational, or incoherent talk.
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