He would always kneel down by her side, talk to her, try to cheer her. Sleep would never come to her unless he sat by her side, holding her hands in his.
It was with great relief that Mr. Garner heard at length that Doctor Crandall was so much better that he would visit Jessie the next afternoon.
When he came Doctor Kendal took him at once to the sick-room, and there they held a long and secret consultation.
"I am obliged to say, sir, that I shall have to abandon the case," said Kendal. "I am completely dumbfounded with it. I have most carefully followed out your every suggestion, and yet the patient fails rapidly before my eyes day after day."
Doctor Crandall looked thoughtful.
When he left Jessie's couch he found Mr. Garner awaiting him in the library.
"What do you think of her, sir?" he asked, quickly.
"There is not much the matter," he replied; "a good tonic, rest, and a little cheerful society will soon set the young lady right again."
"It is the first time that you have seen her, doctor," said Jack, rather dubiously. "You never saw her in health, sir. You do not know how alarmingly she has changed for the worse. She had a brilliant color, but it has all gone."
"It will soon return," said the doctor, encouragingly; and with a few further words he left Jack, more mystified than ever.