Chapter XXIV
"You are a Noble Little Girl"
"We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."
—Philip James Bailey.
"I am aware of the fact," was Doctor Raymond's reply. "How did you hear of it, Doctor Black?"
"Why, Raymond, is that you? What in the world brought you here? I tacked up a sign today to keep idiots out. It did not have the desired effect, it seems."
Beatrice felt her face flush at the words, but there was a laugh in her father's voice as he responded:
"I have a daughter in there, doctor, who may take exception to that remark."
"Your daughter? What is she doing there? Didn't you know any better than to let her go to such a place? I have been busy all day vaccinating people, and taking means to prevent the disease from spreading. It is just such things that undo a physician's precautions. Why did you permit it?"