Sudden alarm awakened in the heart of Mr.
Dexter.

Going to the bell, he rang it violently.

To the servant who came he said, hurriedly-- "Go and find Dr.G--, and tell him that I wish to see him immediately." The servant departed, and Dexter went back to the bed.

No change had occurred in his wife.

She still lay, to all appearance, in a stupor.
It was nearly a quarter of an hour before Dr.G-- came; the waiter had been at some trouble to find him.
"My wife seems quite ill," said Mr.Dexter, as he entered, "and, I think requires medical attention." Dr.G-- went to the bedside and stood looking at the flushed face of Mrs.Dexter for some moments.