"But have you seen somebody? have you asked somebody?" said
Ellen "some doctor?"
"I have seen, and I have asked," said Alice; "it was not necessary, but I have done both. They think as I do."
"But these Thirlwall doctors "
"Not them; I did not apply to them. I saw an excellent physician at Randolph, the last time I went to Ventnor."
"And he said "
"As I have told you."
Ellen's countenance fell fell.
"It is easier for me to leave you than for you to be left I know that, my dear little Ellie! You have no reason to be sorry for me I am sorry for you; but the hand that is taking me away is one that will touch neither of us but to do us good; I know that, too. We must both look away to our dear Saviour, and not for a moment doubt his love. I do not you must not. Is it not said that 'he loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus?' "
"Yes," said Ellen, who never stirred her eyes from Alice's.
"And might he not did it not rest with a word of his lips, to keep Lazarus from dying, and save his sisters from all the bitter sorrow his death caused them?"