Vaskovski, covering his eyes with his hands, began to pray. At length he raised his head and said,—
“God alone has bridled death, and has power to restrain it.”
A quarter of an hour later, Bigiel received a note from his wife with the words, “The attack has passed.”
CHAPTER XVIII.
Pan Stanislav hurried to Pani Emilia’s, fearing that he would not find Litka living; for the servant told him on the way that the little lady was in convulsions, and dying. But when he arrived, Pani Emilia ran to meet him, and from the depth of her breast threw out in one breath the words, “Better! better!”
“Is the doctor here?”
“He is.”
“But the little one?”
“Is sleeping.”