For his life he could not see what good purpose the doctors proposed to effect by mystifying Miss Moffat as to her father’s state.
“They are raising false hopes,” he thought, and so waited to hear what remark Grace might have to make.
Doctor Murney’s last words, which Dr. Connelley ratified with an approving smile, had been, “If skill and attention can save him, he will be spared to you.”
“And what do you say, Mr. Hanlon?” she asked.
“You have heard what Dr. Murney’s opinion is,” he answered.
“Yes, and I think I know what it is worth. The promise contained in his words will be kept to the ear and broken to the heart. Be frank with me, Mr. Hanlon; it is so, is it not?”
“I do not like to answer you,” he said.
“But what is the use of deceiving me?” she asked.
“None,” was his answer.
“You believe, then, there is no hope?”