On speaking to her, she seemed quite stupid, and answered incoherently, frequently putting her hand to her throat, as if in pain there.

This confirmed the mother's worst fears for her child, especially as she was in a raging fever.

Soon after, Henry came in from school, and she dispatched him for Doctor R--, who returned with the boy.

He seemed uneasy at the manner in which the symptoms were developing themselves.

A long and silent examination ended in his asking for a basin.