1 OCTOBER 1904, Page 19

We note with great satisfaction that Friday's news in regard

to Lady Curzon's condition is somewhat more reassuring. The tragic suddenneis of her illness—she was on the very point of starting with her husband to take up his second appointment to the Governor-Generalship of India—and the high esteem in which she is held, not only by her many friends, but by the larger public, have awakened a sympathy unusual in the case of a private person. We trust that before our next issue is published Lady Curzon may be out of danger. In such cases every day gained is an assurance of ultimate recovery.

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