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... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- Lady B. has been having bronchitis. She was quite ill for a week, and as there was no room in the Cottage Hospital and Charles couldn't find a Nurse for her, we all took it in turns to look after her. This threw Lady B. into a frenzy, for she hates being a bother to any body. I wish I were dead, Henrietta, she said, sitting up in a pink bed-jacket and ...