"Nothing, sir—thank'ee all the same."
"If he should grow worse let me go for Doctor Brown. I shall be at home all day."
"I'll tell Miss March of your kindness, sir," said Mrs. Tod, as with a troubled countenance she disappeared.
"Were you not going to Norton Bury to-day, John?"
"I was—but—as it is a matter of no moment, I have changed my mind. You have been left so much alone lately. Nay—I'll not disguise the truth; I had another reason."
"May I know it?"
"Of course you may. It is about our fellow-lodgers. Doctor Brown—I met him on the road this morning—told me that her father cannot live more than a few days—perhaps a few hours. And she does not know it."
He leaned on the mantelpiece. I could see he was very much affected.
So was I.
"Her relatives—surely they ought to be sent for?"