“Oh, you have! Why didn’t you say so? You are so still that people think you do nothing but pick roses. Anxious as I am, you might have told me how he was getting on. How was he yesterday?”
“Comfortable.”
“Did you see him?”
“Was he sitting up?”
“Yes, he had been sitting up half an hour.”
“How does he look?”
“His eyes are deep in his head, his voice is as weak as a child’s, he burst into tears because Laura did not come when he touched his bell for her.”
“Was he cheerful?”
“He smiled and talked.”