“Quite unchanged,” said the doctor, nodding his head.
“Do you want to be relieved?”
“Oh, no; but you might have remembered me with the spirits and water.”
“I beg your pardon,” said George, and hastily supplying the lapse he had made, he went and reported progress to Gertrude, who smiled her thanks, and returned to where Mrs Hampton was nodding on a couch.
“Had we not better wait?” said the lawyer, in a trembling voice.
“Wait, sir? Impossible. Come with me.”
They went into the kitchen where they were saluted by a heavy snore, and found the gardener fast asleep by the fireside.
He was roused and sent home as not being again necessary; and as soon as the door was closed upon him, George turned upon the lawyer.
“Now, sir, where can I find tools: a hammer and chisel?”
“Tools? Oh, yes. There are some, I believe, in the little room by the garden door.”