"As you wish, Betty," he returned tenderly.
"O, thank you," she said with a great joy,—and in her zeal to save Alma, she forgot her own struggles entirely.
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George was alone in the library, pondering over the advisability of bringing Will to see Alma. It would complicate matters greatly, for Will to be seen at the house, and he might not even get to her in time to see her alive. But it was right to call him. He could not argue that fact away. He decided to go, himself, and bring Will as soon as possible.
Just at the moment of his decision, Betty entered.
"Dr. Cadman," she said with a great calm joy, "our dear Alma has awakened from her long sleep. She asks for you."
For a moment he looked at her incredulously. Then eagerly he took her hands.
"Thank God!" he exclaimed earnestly, and hastened to Alma.
As he approached her bed-side, the pale face on the pillow smiled up at him.
"Am I ill?" she asked, lifting a weak hand from the coverlet.