In fact, Salis had just run down from Leo’s room to see if the doctor was coming, and, on catching sight of him, came to hurry him on.
“For Heaven’s sake be quick!” he cried. “Leo is dying!”
North hurried in with him, and upstairs, to find Leo lying upon the bed where her brother had placed her, pale, motionless, and with her eyes half closed.
“Don’t ask questions, but act,” panted Salis.
“I am acting,” said North sternly, as he bent over his patient, and rapidly grasped the position. “Do you know what she has taken?”
“No.”
“What poisons have you in the house?”
“None.”
“Humph!” ejaculated the doctor, examining and smelling the glass. “She has got at something.”
“But, for pity’s sake, act—act,” said Salis, in horror. “You are letting her sink before your eyes.”