Which Rose did. Clam came back and reported that there was no doctor to be sent for, short of a great many miles. Elizabeth's heart sunk fearfully. What could she and her companions do with a dying woman? — if she were really that. Karen crept nearer the fire, and Clam built it up and made it blaze. Then she stood on one side, and her young mistress on the other.
"Go to bed, Miss 'Lizabeth," said Clam. "I'll see to her."
But Elizabeth did not move so much as an eyelid.
"I don't want nothin'," said Karen presently. "Miss Lizzie, if you see the Governor — tell him —"
"Tell him what?"
"Tell him to hold on, — will you? — the way his mother went and the way he's a goin'. Tell him to hold on till he gets there. Will you tell him?"
"Certainly! I will tell him anything you please."
Karen was silent for a little space, and then began again.
"Is't your way?"
Elizabeth's lips moved a little, but they closed and she made no answer.