"Is Hannah with her?" she asked.
"Ay, she is with her; you may be sure of that."
"Has she said nothing about me? Didn't she mean to send for me?"
"Not a word. You see it has all been so sudden; she was only took worse last night."
"Did she get a telegram yesterday?"
"Ay, late yesterday afternoon. She said I wasn't to say anything to Hannah about it; she looked as if she were pleased. Hannah had gone over to Petersfield for the afternoon when it came and didn't get back till half an hour after."
"What is the matter with mother?—is it her heart, or what?"
"Yes, it's her heart, I expect; we sent Daddy for the doctor at nine o'clock last night, and he came again this morning. He hadn't been since last week. He said she was better; but he didn't seem to think well of her."
"Has Hannah said nothing about me?"