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`` Pray bless dear Mr. Paul ! '' With the dawn of the New Year there was an outbreak of fever in Rudham , the after-effect of the flood , which , although it subsided almost as quickly as it rose , left the houses which it had invaded damp and many of the drains blocked . Paul , as he went his rounds , condemned some of the cottages as insanitary , and determined that another spring should see new ones begun in higher , healthier situations -- if , at least , he could by any means raise the requisite funds . He was constantly brought into contact with the rector , who busied himself amongst his sick people morning , noon , and night . `` Bless you ! '' said Mrs. Weldon , when Paul had been looking round her premises , and heard with some astonishment the sound of a strong , clear voice singing in the bedroom above , `` that 's only Mr. Curzon singing hymns to my little Jenny , who 's proper bad with the fever . She must have been sickening with it that night as you fetched her to the tree .