than ever to the and fell back in gave a scream and on her knees again she thought he was dead as soon as mr was able to give her a moment s attention he ca ie to her and taking her by the arm attempted to draw her gently out of the room now my dear mrs let persuade you not to remain in the room at present we shall soon relieve these symptoms i hope it is nothing but the delirium that ordinarily such cases oh what is the matter p what brought it on he fell out of the the right leg is broken it is a terrible accident and i s don t disguise that there is considerable danger attending it owing to the state of the brain but mr has a strong constitution you know in a few days these may be and he may do well let me beg of you to keep out of the room at present you can do no good until mr is better and able to know you but you ought not to be alone let me you to have mrs with you � yes i will send for mother but you must not object to my being in the room i shall be very quiet now only just at first the shock was so great i knew nothing about it i can help the nurses a great deal i can put the cold things to his head he may be sensible for a mc ment and know me do not say any more against it my heart is set on being with him mr gave way and having sent for her mother and put off her bonnet and shawl returned to take her place by the side of her husband s bed xxiv day after day with only short intervals of rest kept her place in that sad chamber no wonder the sick room and the have so often been a refuge from the of intellectual a place of repose for the worn and wounded spirit here is a duty about which all and all are at one here at least the conscience will not be dogged by doubt � the will not be checked by adverse theory here you may begin to act without settling one question to the sufferer s through the long night watches to bear up the drooping head to lift the helpless limbs to divine the want that can find no utterance beyond the feeble motion of the hand or glance of the eye � these are offices that demand no self no no assent to no weighing of consequences within the four walls where the and glare of the world are shut out and every voice is subdued � where a human being lies prostrate thrown on the tender of his fellow the moral relation of man to man is reduced to its utmost clearness and simplicity cannot it theory cannot it passion awed into can neither nor it as we bend over the bed all the forces of our nature rush towards the channels of pity of patience and of love and sweep down the miserable choking drift of our quarrels our our would be wisdom and our selfish desires this blessing of freedom from the of opinion in all simple direct acts of mercy and is one source of that sweet calm which is often felt by the in the sick room even when the duties there are of a hard and terrible kind something of that result was felt by � during her in her husband s chamber when the first hours were over � when her horror at his delirium was no longer fresh she began to be conscious of her relief from the of decision as to her course the question that agitated her about return ing to her husband had been solved in a moment and this illness after all might be the herald of another blessing just as that midnight when she stood an outcast in cold and darkness had been followed by the dawn of a new hope would get better this illness might alter him he would be a long time feeble help walking with a perhaps she would wait on him with such tenderness such love that the old and cruelty must melt away forever under the heart sunshine she would pour around him her bosom heaved at the thought and delicious tears fell s was a nature in which hatred and revenge could find no place the long bitter years drew half their bitterness from her ever living remembrance of the too short years of love that went before and the thought that her husband would ever put her hand to his lips again and recall the days when they sat on the grass together and he laid scarlet on her black hair and called her his queen seemed to send a tide of loving oblivion over all the harsh and stony space they had traversed since the divine love that had already shone upon her be with her she would lift up her soul continually for help mr she knew would pray for her if she felt herself failing she would confess it to him at once if her feet began to slip there was that stay for her to cling to o she could never be drawn back into that cold damp vault of sin and she had felt the morning sun s she had tasted the sweet pure air of trust and and submission these were the thoughts passing through s mind as she hovered about her husband s bed and these were the hopes she poured out to mr n he called to see her it was so evident that they were her in her new struggle � they shed such a glow of calm enthusiasm over her face as she spoke of that mr could not 