She blushed as guiltily as before, and looked at Janey again.
"I think she is very much better," she said.
"Yes," he answered, "she is better, and I want to see you better. Who is going to help you to take care of her?"
"I came to try to do that," said Tredennis.
Bertha turned to look at him.
"You?" she exclaimed. "Oh, no! You are very good; but now the worst is over, I couldn't"—
"Should I be in the way?" he asked.
She drew back a little. For a moment she had changed again, and returned to the ordinary conventional atmosphere.
"No," she said, "you know that you would not be in the way, but I should scarcely be likely to encroach upon your time in such a manner."
The doctor laughed.