Also it is
safeh. I runned all se vay. Vill you sose drops drop faw me?" Her hand
trembled.
I took the vial but did not meet her glance: for I was wondering if there
was anything in the world she could ask of me that I would not do, and at
such a time it is good for anyone as weak as I am to look at inanimate
things.
"You got word to all three doctors?"
"Yes;" she gave her chin the drollest little twist--"sey are all coming
--vhen sey get ready."
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That is what they did; but the first who came, and the second, brought
fresh courage; for the Baron--"would most likely be all right again,
before the day was over"; our child was "virtually well"; and from next
door-"better!" was the rapturous news. The third physician, too, was
pleased with Fontenette's case, and we began at once to send the night-
watchers to their rest by turns.
But there the gladness ended. At Mrs. Fontenette's bedside he asked no
questions. In the parlor he said to us:
"Well, ... you've done your best; ... I've done mine; ... and it's of no
use."
"Oh, Doctor!" exclaimed Mrs. Smith.
"Why, didn't you know it?" He jerked his thumb toward the sick-room. "She
knows it. She told me she knew it, with her first glance.
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