Then he worked with flying fingers in the dry-house, putting up her ginseng for market, and never was weight so liberal.
The next morning he drove early to Onabasha and came home with a loaded wagon, the contents of which he scattered through the cabin where it seemed most suitable, but the greater part of it was for her.

He glanced at the bare floors and walls of the other rooms, and thought of trying to improve them, but he was afraid of not getting the right things.
"I don't know much about what is needed here," he said, "but I am perfectly safe in buying anything a girl ever used." Then he returned to the city, explained the situation to the doctor, and selected the room he wanted in case the Girl could be persuaded to come to the hospital.

After that he went to see the doctor's wife, and made arrangements for her to be ready for a guest, because there was a possibility he might want to call for help.

He had another jug of fruit juice and all the delicacies he could think of, also a big cake of ice, when he reached the woods.

There were only a few words for him.
"I will come to-morrow at two, if at all possible; if not, keep the money until I can." There was nothing to do except to place his offering under the oilcloth and wait, but he simply was compelled to add a line to say he would be there, and to express the hope that she was comfortable as possible and thinking of the sunshine room.