He had felt stern and angry, ready each moment to accuse and condemn, but the intense emotion displayed by the husband shocked, subdued and changed his tone of feeling.
"You must calm, yourself, my dear sir," he said.

"The case looks bad, but I have seen recovery in worse cases than this.

We will do our best.
But remember that you have duties and responsibilities that must not fail." "Whatsoever in me lies, doctor," answered Mr.Ridley, with a sudden calmness that seemed supernatural, "you may count on my doing.

If she dies, I am lost." There was a deep solemnity in his tones as he uttered this last sentence.

"You see, sir," he added, "what I have at stake." "Just for the present little more can be done than to follow the prescriptions we have given and watch their effect on the patient," returned Dr.Hillhouse.