Volume One—Chapter Six.
In Charge.
“Mary, dear, don’t deceive me for the sake of trying to give me comfort,” said Claude, as she knelt in the study, beside the mattress upon which her father lay breathing stertorously.
“Claude, darling, I tease you and say spiteful things sometimes, but you know you can trust me.”
“Yes, yes, dear, I know; but you don’t answer me.”
“I have told you again and again that your father is just like he was last time, and the best proof of there being no danger is Doctor Asher staying away so long.”
“It’s that which worries me so. He promised to come back soon.”
“Don’t be unreasonable, dear. You know he went to the quarry where that man is dangerously hurt.”