"Am I to know the secret of the medical treatment?"
"Certainly! How can I expect you to help me unless you know what a serious reason there is for keeping Lucilla in the dark."
He laid a strong emphasis on the two words "serious reason." I began to feel a little uneasy. I had never yet taken the slightest advantage of my poor Lucilla's blindness. And here was her promised husband—of all the people in the world—proposing to me to keep her in the dark.
"Is the new doctor's treatment dangerous?" I inquired.
"Not in the least."
"Is it not so certain as he has led Lucilla to believe?"
"It is quite certain.
"Did the other doctors know of it?"
"Yes."
"Why did they not try it?"