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CHAPTER XIV.


and feverish; she would take nothing in
4he shape of a breakfast; she only turn
ed away her head languidly. Yolande
was far too frightened to stay to consult
her mothers nervous fancies or dislikes;
q doctor was sent for instantly-the
same doctor, in fact, who had been called
IN before. And when this portly, rubl-
eund, placid person arrived mis- mere pres
ence in the room seemed to Introduce
measure Of calm into the atmosphere;
and that was we'll. He was neither eX-
cited nor alarmed. He made the usual
exam!fation, asked a few questions, and
gave some general and sufficiently sensl-
bic directions as to how the patient
should be tended. And then he said he
would write out a prescrlptlon-tor TINS
practitioner, in common with most OF his
kind, had retained that simple and Sc
rene faith in the efficacy OF drugs when
has survived centuries of conflicting the
cries, contradictions in fact, and scien-
tific doubt and which is perhaps NOR"
Beneficial than otherwise to the human
race, so long as the quantities prescribed
are so small as to do no positive harm.
1t was acOnite, this time, that he chose
40 experiment with.
However, when he followed Yolande
into the other room. in order to get writ
ing materials, and when he sat down and
began to talk to her, it was clear that
he understood the nature of the case
well enough; and he plainly minated to
der that, when a severe chill like this
lad caught the system and promised to
produce a high state of fever, the result
depended mainly on the power OF the
constitution to repel the attack and tight
It's way back to health.
"Now | suppose | may speak frankly
50 you, Miss Winterbourne"' said he.
''Oh, yes; why not?" said Yolande,
who was far too anxious to care about
formalities.
You must remember, then, that
though you have only seen me once be-
fore, / have seen you twice. The first
time you were nsensible. Now" said
be, fixing his eyes on her, ION that Occa-
sion | was told little, but l guessed
more. 1t was to brighten your mother
out of the habit that you took your first
dose of that patent medicine. May l as
sumo that?"
"Wen, yes" said Yolande, with down
east eyes-though, indeed, there was
nothing to be ashamed of.
''Now, | want you to tell me honestly
whether you believe that warning had
effect"
''Indeed, l am sure of it," said Yo-
Hande, looking up, and speaking with de-
eisiOn.
''You think that since then she has not
had recourse to any of those opiates? ~
Il am positively certain of it," Yo-
lande said to him.
Il suppose being deprived of them
cost the poor lady struggle?"
YES once or twice-but that was
some time ago. Latterly she was grow
ing ever 50 much more bright and cheer
full. but still she was weak and l was
Aesitating about risking the long journey
TO the south of France. Yes, it is
shat am to blame. Why did l not go
sooner? Why did l not go sooner?" she
repeated, with tears coming into her
eyes.
Indeed, you cannot blame yourself,
Miss Winterbourne," the doctor said Il
have no doubt you acted for the best.
The imprudence you tell me of might
Aave happened anywhere. If you keep
the room warm and equable, your mother
will do as well here as in the south of
France-until it is safe for you to re-
move her
'But how soon, doctor? how soon? Oh,
when l get chance again | will not
watt
But you must wait-and you must be
patient and careful. 1t will not do to
bury matters. Your mother is not
strong. The fight may be a long one.
Now, Miss Winterbourne, you will send
and get this prescription made up. and
will call again in the afternoon
Yolaude went back to her mothers
1oom, and sent away Jane; she herself
would be nurse. On tiptoe she went
about, doing what she thought would
add to her mothers comfort; noiselessly
sending the fire that had been lit ar
8anging a shutter so that less light
should come in. and so forth. But the
confidence inspired by the presence of
She doctor was gone now; terrible anx-
9ty had succeeded; and when at last
she sat down in the silent room. and felt
that she could DO nothing more a sense
of helplessness, of loneliness. entirely
0yercame her, and she was ready to de-
spair. Why had she not gone away
sooner. before this terrible thing hap
pened? Why had she delayed? They
might now have been walking happily
together along some sunny promenade in
Rhe south-instead of this-this hushed
and darkened room, and the poor invalid
Ehom she had tended so carefully, and
who seemed to be emerging into a new
Kfe altogether. thus thrown back and
ssudered once more helpless. Why had
she gone out on that fatal morning
Why. had she left her mother alone? II
she had been in the room there would
hare been no venturing into the snow
whatever dreams and fancies were call
ias If she had but taken courage and
Sax out for the south a week sooner-a
day sooner-this would not have hap
Reaed: and it seemed so hard that when
she had almost secured the emancipation
Of her mother-when the undertaking
en- which she had entered with so much
81 fear. and wonder, and hope was near