"Nobody at home."
"I shall be here a day or two, Linden—I'll see him early in the morning again."
Mr. Linden's next move through the biting air was to drive home. At the door of the sitting-room Faith met him.
"Endecott—how is he?"
"Less well than I expected to find him, dear Faith. I found Dr.
Harrison and took him there with me."
"And what did Dr. Harrison say of him?"
"That he wanted good care and nursing."
"And who is there to give it to him, Endy?" she said with a very saddened and earnest face.
"Why I shall give it to him to-night, my child, and we'll see about to-morrow. The doctor promised to go there again in the morning."
She stood a moment silent, and then said, "I'll go with you."