“How long has she been like this?”
“Only so bad as this since noon. Miss Orpha is afeard of her, and there being nobody here but Mrs. Ferris, I advised her to send for you to comfort her a bit. I thought Dr. Cameron might heed what you said, sir. He thinks us just foolish.”
“Miss Colfax? Where is she?”
“Gone to New York to buy her wedding-clothes.”
“When did she go?”
“To-day, sir.”
I looked back at Wealthy. She was again bending at Edgar’s door, listening.
“Is his case so bad? Is this emotion all for him? Is she afraid he will die?”
“No; he is better.”
“But still delirious?”