[CHAPTER XIX.]
WINTER IN THE VALLEY.
"I SEE no reason why you should not get quite well, but you must have patience and be particularly careful not to try your strength or to strain yourself in any way."
Such was Doctor Campbell's verdict on Marion's case after a long consultation with Doctor Fenn and a particular examination of the patient.
"And about these lessons, now?" said Aunt Baby, who always entertained a lurking suspicion of lessons as inimical to the health of children in general. "Don't you think Marion is doing rather too much head-work?"
"What does Marion think?"
"I don't think it hurts me," said Marion, "not unless I work too long."
"And do you often work too long?"
"Sometimes," Marion admitted. "Betsy is so anxious to get on and I am so interested that I forget."
"But you must not forget," said the doctor. "If you do, I shall forbid them altogether."