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At the end of two days (at one period the common time of accomplishing a journey to or from Bath) Georgiana was set down in Welbeck Street, and eager inquiries from those who remained within the carriage were made, as to the health of Lady Anne, of the servant who admitted the young lady. "Much the same, he believed," but, as "the same" was a term not easily defined, they were glad to perceive Helen running in the passage to answer them herself, snatching a kiss of Georgiana as she passed her—there was a buoyancy in her step, a smile on her countenance, which made her look the herald of good tidings, and her earnest manner of inquiring, "how they had borne the journey?" indicated an interest in the answer which showed her in the most endearing point of view; but, when she spoke of her mother, a sweet seriousness overspread her features, and she observed, "mamma was no better, apparently; but she was extremely busy, watching the progress of the election through the