“Send instantly and take me a place in it!”
The servant hesitated, the doctor protested. She turned a deaf ear to them both.
“Send!” she reiterated, “or I will go myself.”
They obeyed. The servant went to take the place: the doctor remained and held a conversation with Mrs. Lecount. When the half-hour had passed, he helped her into her place in the mail, and charged the conductor privately to take care of his passenger.
“She has traveled from England without stopping,” said the doctor; “and she is traveling back again without rest. Be careful of her, or she will break down under the double journey.”
The mail started. Before the first hour of the new day was at an end Mrs. Lecount was on her way back to England.
THE END OF THE FOURTH SCENE.
BETWEEN THE SCENES.
PROGRESS OF THE STORY THROUGH THE POST.
I.
From George Bartram to Noel Vanstone.
“St. Crux, September 4th, 1847.