"Yes."
"Do you at times feel excessively weak, almost as though you were going to faint?" She now looked at Kallem in the greatest alarm. "Maybe you have fainted?"
"Yes."
"Have you?" exclaimed Kallem. "Yes, to-day I did," she said hurriedly, trembling all over.
"Was that after I had spoken to you?"
"Yes, for I wanted a little fresh air, and then--" here her tears choked her utterance.
Dr. Meek smiled a little. "When you cough I presume it hurts you here?" he pointed to the right collarbone. She nodded.
"Have you ever looked at what comes up when you cough?" She made no answer. "Have you never done that?"
"Yes, I have; yesterday evening."
"And how was it?" She was silent, staring at the floor. "Was there blood mixed with it?" She nodded, her tears were falling fast, she did not dare to look up.