“Shall it be ill simply, or dangerously ill?” inquired the clergyman.
“Dangerously,” said the doctor.
“But dangerously may terrify her.”
“And if we say only ill, she mayn't come at all,” said the doctor.
So the telegram was placed in Truelock's hands, who went himself with it to the office; and we shall follow it to its destination.
CHAPTER X.
THE ROYAL OAK.
