“We give her water now and then, as directed by Dr. Field. But we do not give her very much, and not very cold.”
“Have you any oranges in the house?”
“I could get some.”
“Then take the white of an egg, and put with it the juice of a whole orange. Add half a glass of water, with pieces of ice.
“Have good big pieces of ice,” Doctor Wyatt called after her, as he saw that Clematis had fixed her eye on him.
Clematis smiled when he said that, and turned toward him with a sigh.
Soon Miss Rose came back with the glass. Dr. Wyatt held it to the lips of the little sick girl. She drank slowly.
“Oh thanks,” she whispered, when he took the glass away.
“Give her some of that whenever she asks for it,” he said.
“Now tell me about the nights,” the doctor went on.