doctor's orders."
"Nevertheless it is cruel," he replied gravely.
"My dear son what can I do, Dr. Heathfield says that it is absolutely necessary."
"It will kill her, that is my opinion of the matter."
he answered "why she can scarcely stand, I had no idea she was so awfully weak."
"But what can I do," persisted Mrs. Arlington.
"Wait until she gets a little stronger," urged Everard.
"But the doctor assures me, that she will inevitable
sink, if allowed to remain in the same low spirited state."
"Why did you not have her among the rest, and then probably she might not have got so low. It is dreadful to see any one so fearfully weak," he added in a tone of grave commiseration.