"But he is so young!"
"He has made a marvelous name for himself already as a children's surgeon. He seldom loses a case."
"But—but he is a physician in Fairview, is he not?" asked Gail in worried tones.
"Yes, that is where the rub comes. I thought perhaps if we offered him enough money he might operate here in Martindale and be with her through the worst of it at least, before returning to his work in Fairview, but he can't see his way clear. He wants to take her back with him—"
"O, that would be dreadful," the girls broke in. "Supposing she should—die—there all alone!"
"She wouldn't be alone," the President explained. "Mother and I would go, too."
"But the University—doesn't it take months for a patient to get well after such an operation?" protested Faith.
"Yes, but we would not stay until she had entirely recovered; only long enough to be sure all was well, and then—"
"I would go," said Gail simply.
"Wouldn't I do?" asked Hope. "This is Gail's last year at the University, and she can't graduate if she loses a whole term."