Excerpt from James Talbot, or the Importance of Recollecting God Sees Me at All Times Is there no hope, Sir? Said Lucy, following the doctor softly to the doo1. I am afraid not, my dear, replied the kind physician; but go to the Dispensary and get the medicine, as directed, and be very careful that you give it exactly as l have ordered. Lucy sat down a moment to recover herself from the shock which the doctor's answer had given, before she could return to her mother, who was ly i speechless and insensible from a severe stroke ofg the palsy. Beside the bed sat two female relatives of the family, who looked with concern, first on their dying friend, then on her weeping husband and a. Little boy, her youngest child, who, too small to feel the loss he was about to experience, was eagerly crawling under the table and chairs, to overtake a kitten which had escaped from his arms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.