"I have done all you said. Is there anything more that I can do?"
"Thank you, Mademoiselle! nothing, I think. I wish to see Madame de Vaudrey now."
They went together into the reception-room. The general had recovered consciousness, and lay prone on the couch. The doctor was at the window talking to Madame de Vaudrey, who was clearly in a state of intense agitation.
"Oh, Monsieur Rochestair," she said as Harry entered, "have they sent help to us yet?"
"No, Madame, I fear there has scarcely been time."
"What shall we do? what shall we do? I fear we shall all be ruined."
"Pray calm yourself, Madame," said Harry quietly. "Doctor, is it possible to remove the general to another room?"
"I do not advise it. He is comfortable; I hope he will sleep."
"Meester, let us take him to the dining-room," said Adèle in Dutch.
"It would be a pity, and——"