Elsewhere Hester Baskerville spoke with her husband, and found that he already knew what the doctor had advised her to tell him.
"You can spare speech," he said, "I saw it in the man's eyes; and I knew it afore he came, for that matter. I'm not going to get better. I'm going to die."
"There's hope still, but not enough to——"
"I'm going to die. Where's Eliza Gollop?"
"I'll call her."
"You'd best to hot up the milk he ordered. I'll try to let it down if I can. And give Eliza pen, ink, and paper."
"Don't be writing. Lie still and let her read to you."
"You needn't be afraid. My writing was done to Tavistock afore I came to grief. You're all right, and all that have treated me as a father should be treated are all right. There's tons of money. Where's Ned to?"
"He's going to ride in to the surgery for the medicine to stop that cruel pain."
"Let Humphrey get it. And send Ned to me instead of Eliza Gollop. 'Tis him I want—not her."