"Oh, poor Agnes! Where is she?"
"Taken to the high seas. She and Harry had to go, much against their inclination, while you were so ill."
"And Eeny—did Eeny suffer any harm that night?"
"No; Doctor Frank was the only sufferer. The poor old house was burned to the ground. I was so sorry."
"And everything was lost?"
"No, a great many things were saved. And they are building a new and much more handsome Danton Hall, but I shall never love it as I did the old place."
"Where are we now?"
"In the village. We have taken this cottage until the new house is finished. Now don't ask any more questions. Too much talking isn't good for you."
"How very peremptory you are!" said the invalid, smiling; "and you have taken care of me all this weary time. What a trouble I must have been!"
"Didn't I say so! A shocking trouble. And now that you are able to converse rationally, you are more trouble than ever, asking so many questions. Go to sleep."