For a moment her gaze was fixed and burning.
"Will!" she cried in a wild ecstasy.
Then she quivered piteously. As she fell, George caught her in his arms.
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Efficacy of Faith.
That night George and Betty never left Alma's bedside. White and still she lay, and George's anxiety was great.
A trained nurse had already arrived for Harold, so he tried to persuade Betty to return home with Edgeway.
But she refused, and as she said "good-bye" to Edgeway, she said,
"You can understand how I am needed here tomorrow. I am sorry to break my engagement with you."