Mrs. Dudley joined them, and the four proceeded to the Home.
The superintendent opened the door to them, smiling a little when she saw Nelson Randolph.
"There is probably no real need of routing people from their beds at this hour," she said; "but, of course, we wish to do all we can when any one is suffering. The patient will be glad to see you," she added, addressing the Doctor.
The physician was swift in his diagnosis. "It is a case that calls for quick work," he told Mrs. Dudley. "There must be an operation at once. You think your husband will be here on the 1.03 express?"
"I feel sure of it."
"Then we will wait for him."
"She can be taken over to the hospital now;—we need not wait for that."
Mrs. Dudley returned home to make the needful preparations, and Juanita Sterling went to encourage Miss Crilly for the coming ordeal.
The patient was tearful, but brave.
"Probably I never shall come back," she said; "but you are awful good to try to save me, Miss Sterling! I'd like to live long enough to show you how much I appreciate it."