"Why did he take Miss Warren?"
"I'm sure I do not know," he answered.
"Will she return with him?"
"I cannot say—but I suppose she will," replied Mr. Duncan, looking curiously at me.
"The doctor says she will not return with Sir John."
"Ah!"
"Why?"
"Lord, lad, I don't know!" he exclaimed, amused.
"Did Miss Warren see me while I was ill?"
"Ay, that she did," he cried. "She never left you; they could not drag her away to eat enough to keep a bird alive. She hung over you, she followed the doctor, holding to his sleeve and asking questions till the good man nigh lost his senses. And all the time Sir John was fuming and impatient to be off to Boston, but Miss Warren would not go until the doctor was able to promise on his sacred honour that you were not only out of danger, but that you would recover completely in mind and body."