Streptomycin holds out hope.
We find it, in a chronic case like yours—ineffectual.
Some new mold is what we are searching for.
The years—two—three—five—continued with their hopes and horror.
It may be, Mrs. Wylie, that brucella sterilizes women in the same way it causes cattle to abort. Not all the sufferers—but a percentage. Of course, we aren't sure. But I wouldn't set my heart on having children, now. You're not in condition now, anyway; and when you've recovered, you may find it is impossible.
She is a game girl, Ricky.
Two years ago, she began to get well.
We have had our fingers crossed—
crossed—and held tightly in the clamp of one more hope.